[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4895 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4895

To prohibit the sale or distribution of cosmetics containing synthetic 
                          plastic microbeads.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2014

 Mr. Pallone introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the sale or distribution of cosmetics containing synthetic 
                          plastic microbeads.

    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 ``Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF COSMETICS 
              CONTAINING SYNTHETIC PLASTIC MICROBEADS.

    (a) In General.--Section 601 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 361) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(f) If it contains synthetic plastic microbeads.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
beginning on January 1, 2018.
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