[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2268 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2268

  To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to treat certain 
 menstrual products as misbranded if their labeling does not list each 
    ingredient or component of the product, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2019

   Ms. Meng introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to treat certain 
 menstrual products as misbranded if their labeling does not list each 
    ingredient or component of the product, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Menstrual Products Right To Know Act 
of 2019''.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS MISBRANDED IF LABELING DOES NOT 
              INCLUDE INGREDIENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 502 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 352) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(ee) If it is a menstrual product, such as a menstrual cup, a 
scented, scented deodorized, or unscented menstrual pad or tampon, a 
therapeutic vaginal douche apparatus, or an obstetrical and 
gynecological device described in section 884.5400, 884.5425, 884.5435, 
884.5460, 884.5470, or 884.5900 of title 21, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or any successor regulation), unless its label or labeling 
lists the name of each ingredient or component of the product in order 
of the most predominant ingredient or component to the least 
predominant ingredient or component.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
with respect to products introduced or delivered for introduction into 
interstate commerce on or after the date that is one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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