[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 123 (Thursday, July 17, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4465]
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  SA 2915. Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Curtis) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2296, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. 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) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to--
       (1) prohibit any commercial or industrial purpose in which 
     high concentration sodium nitrite is not customarily produced 
     or distributed for sale to, or use or consumption by, or 
     enjoyment of, a consumer; and
       (2) apply to high concentration sodium nitrite that meets 
     the definition of a ``drug'', ``device'', or ``cosmetic'' (as 
     such terms are defined in sections 201(g), (h), and (i) of 
     the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(g), 
     (h), and (i))), or ``food'' (as defined in section 201(f) of 
     such Act (21 U.S.C. 321(f))), including poultry and poultry 
     products (as such terms are defined in sections 4(e) and (f) 
     of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 453(e)and 
     (f))), meat and meat food products (as such terms are defined 
     in section 1(j) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 
     601(j))), and eggs and egg products (as such terms are 
     defined in section 4 of the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 
     U.S.C. 1033)).
       (c) 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.
       (d) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect 90 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act.
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