[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1321 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1321

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 2015

Mr. Pallone (for himself and Mr. Upton) 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 2015''.

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:
    ``(g) If it contains synthetic plastic microbeads.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
beginning on January 1, 2018.
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