[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3619 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3619

   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

                              May 24, 2023

Ms. Schakowsky (for herself, Mrs. Fletcher, Ms. Norton, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. 
    Velazquez, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, and 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 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 2023''.

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 adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) If it contains intentionally added dibutyl phthalate (CAS no. 
84-74-2), diethylhexyl phthalate (CAS no. 117-81-7), formaldehyde (CAS 
no. 50-00-0), paraformaldehyde (CAS no. 30525-89-4), methylene glycol 
(CAS no. 463-57-0), quaternium-15 (CAS no. 7439-97-6), mercury (CAS no. 
7439-97-6), isobutylparaben (CAS no. 4247-02-3), isopropylparaben (CAS 
no. 4191-73-5), m-Phenylenediamine (including the salts of such 
substance) (CAS no. 108-45-2), and o-Phenylenediamine (including the 
salts of such substance) (CAS no. 95-54-5).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Section 601(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to 
cosmetics introduced or delivered into introduction into interstate 
commerce beginning on January 1, 2025.
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