This bill would change the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ban many specific chemicals and some contaminants in cosmetics. It adds new rules that make a cosmetic unlawful if it: (1) contains any intentionally added ortho-phthalate or a formaldehyde-releasing preservative; (2) contains any of 15 listed intentionally added ingredients (for example, formaldehyde, mercury compounds, toluene, styrene, triclosan, and several parabens and phenylenediamines); or (3) contains certain contaminants above specified limits (for example, 1,4-dioxane at or above 2 parts per million, lead at or above 2 ppm for color cosmetics or 5 ppm for general cosmetics, or any detectable asbestos or asbestos-contaminated talc).
The bill adds definitions for terms such as color cosmetic, contaminant, formaldehyde-releasing preservative, general cosmetic, ingredient, intentionally added, and ortho-phthalate. It also says the new rules apply to cosmetics introduced or delivered into interstate commerce on or after January 1, 2027. The bill keeps in place a non-preemption clause that allows States and political subdivisions to prohibit or limit ingredients or contaminants listed in the bill and to maintain certain reporting requirements already in effect.
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The bill was introduced in the House by Rep. Janice Schakowsky with multiple co-sponsors (metadata lists additional sponsors). The bill text itself sets out the specific substances and limits it would ban; it does not include sponsor statements or detailed supporting arguments.
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