[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5537 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5537

   To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ban certain 
        substances in cosmetic products, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 8, 2021

Ms. Schakowsky (for herself and Mrs. Fletcher) 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 ban certain 
        substances in cosmetic products, 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 ``Toxic-Free Beauty Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. BAN ON CERTAIN SUBSTANCES IN COSMETIC PRODUCTS.

    Section 601 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
361) is amended--
     (a) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
    ``(f) If it bears or contains a perfluoroalkyl substance or 
polyfluoroalkyl substance that is man-made and has at least 1 fully-
fluorinated carbon atom, dibutyl phthalate, diethylhexyl phthalate, 
formaldehyde, paraformaldehyde, methylene glycol, quaternium-15, 
mercury, isobutylparaben, isopropylparaben, m-Phenylenediamine 
(including the salts of such substance), and o-Phenylenediamine 
(including the salts of such substance).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Section 601(f) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act, as added by subsection (a), takes effect beginning on 
January 1, 2025.
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