HR 4296
116th Congress
House
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Safe Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 13, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 12, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 12, 2019
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Safe Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Act of 2019
This bill expands the Food and Drug Administration's authority to regulate cosmetics, including with respect to safety standards, product recalls, and product testing. The bill also generally prohibits the use of animal testing for the purpose of developing cosmetics.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
32
D
Beatty, Joyce
D
Morelle, Joseph D.
Deutch, Theodore
Luria, Elaine
D
Espaillat, Adriano
Malinowski, Tom
D
Pocan, Mark
D
Meng, Grace
D
Tonko, Paul
D
Nadler, Jerrold
D
Carson, André
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
D
Lofgren, Zoe
D
Raskin, Jamie
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
D
Tlaib, Rashida
D
McCollum, Betty
D
Khanna, Ro
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
D
Chu, Judy
D
DeGette, Diana
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
D
Huffman, Jared
D
Jayapal, Pramila
D
Lieu, Ted
Maloney, Sean
D
Matsui, Doris O.
D
Pingree, Chellie
D
Pressley, Ayanna
Speier, Jackie
D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
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