[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4213 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4213

   To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations 
       regarding the definitions for funeral industry practices.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2014

 Mr. Whitfield (for himself, Mr. Peters of Michigan, and Mr. Walberg) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations 
       regarding the definitions for funeral industry practices.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Funeral Rule Improvement Act of 
2014''.

SEC. 2. REVISION OF REGULATIONS REGARDING FUNERAL INDUSTRY PRACTICES 
              REQUIRED.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Federal Trade Commission shall revise the definitions in section 
453.1 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations in the following manner:
            (1) By amending the definition of ``funeral provider'' to 
        read as follows: ``A `funeral provider' is any person, 
        partnership, trust, or corporation that sells or offers to sell 
        funeral or burial goods or services to the public.''.
            (2) By further amending the definition of ``funeral 
        provider'' to except each of the following:
                    (A) Any religious denomination, middle judicatory, 
                house of worship, or similar religious organization.
                    (B) Any State or political subdivision of a State.
                    (C) Any cemetery that has 25 or fewer burials per 
                year.
                    (D) Any entity described in section 501(c)(13) of 
                the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
                501(c)(13)).
            (3) By amending the definition of ``funeral services'' to 
        read as follows: ```Funeral or burial services' are any 
        services that are sold or offered for sale directly to the 
        public for use in connection with either: (1) the care and 
        preparation of deceased human remains for burial, cremation, or 
        other final disposition or (2) the arrangement, supervision, or 
        carrying out the funeral ceremony or final disposition of 
        deceased human bodies.''.
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