Humane Cosmetics Act of 2025
Official title: To substantially restrict the use of animal testing for cosmetics, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Humane Cosmetics Act of 2025
This bill generally prohibits animal testing in the evaluation of cosmetic products, and it prohibits the sale or transport of cosmetics developed using animal testing, subject to civil penalties. These prohibitions begin one year after enactment.
The bill specifies exceptions to these prohibitions, including if such animal testing (1) is conducted outside the United States to comply with a foreign regulatory authority; (2) is pursuant to a finding by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that there are no nonanimal alternatives to test the safety of a potentially dangerous cosmetic product or ingredient; (3) is of a product or ingredient for a drug or device subject to regulation by the FDA; or (4) is required for a noncosmetic purpose pursuant to a state, federal, or foreign regulatory authority.
Further, evidence derived from animal testing conducted more than one year after the bill's enactment may not be used to establish the safety of a cosmetic product or ingredient that is regulated by the FDA, subject to limited exceptions.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- THE PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS COUNCIL
- ALTICOR INC.
- BLUE MARBLE STRATEGY LLC
- PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE
- ALTICOR INC.
- THE PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS COUNCIL
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Interior, Dept of (DOI)
- White House Office
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1657: Humane Cosmetics Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1657/
"H.R. 1657: Humane Cosmetics Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1657/.
H.R. 1657, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1657/.
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