[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4310 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4310

To ban the sale of products with a high concentration of sodium nitrite 
                to individuals, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2023

   Mrs. Trahan (for herself, Mr. Carey, Ms. Porter, and Mr. Stewart) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To ban the sale of products with a high concentration of sodium nitrite 
                to individuals, 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 ``Youth Poisoning Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. BANNING OF PRODUCTS CONTAINING A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF SODIUM 
              NITRITE.

    (a) In General.--Any consumer product containing a high 
concentration of sodium nitrite shall be considered to be a banned 
hazardous product under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2057).
    (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) Consumer product.--The term ``consumer product'' has 
        the meaning given that term under section 3(a)(5) of the 
        Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(5)).
            (2) High concentration of sodium nitrite.--The term ``high 
        concentration of sodium nitrite'' means a concentration of 10 
        or more percent by weight of sodium nitrite.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
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