[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1424 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1424

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 2015

Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself, Mr. Portman, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Kirk, and 
  Mr. Peters) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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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:
    ``(f) If it contains synthetic plastic microbeads.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on January 1, 2018.
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