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Union Calendar No. 329 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2480 

[Report No. 111–571] 

To improve the accuracy of fur product labeling, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 19, 2009 

Mr. MORAN of Virginia (for himself, Mrs. BONO MACK, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 

GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. FARR, Mr. 

MCCOTTER, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. KING of 

New York, and Mr. PLATTS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

JULY 27, 2010 

Additional sponsors: Mr. CASTLE, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. 

REICHERT, Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. JONES, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. 

SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. PASCRELL, 

Mr. WEXLER, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. BERMAN, Mrs. CAPPS, 

Mr. WOLF, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. DOYLE, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. 

MCNERNEY, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 

Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. 

CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. 

FILNER, Mr. HONDA, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. 

STARK, Mr. PETERS, Mr. WELCH, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. PATRICK J. 

MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. NADLER of New York, 

Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Mr. TIERNEY, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. 

SHEA-PORTER, Ms. SPEIER, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. LOBIONDO, Ms. MOORE

of Wisconsin, Mr. HOLT, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. MASSA, Mr. 

GERLACH, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, Ms. CHU, Mr. 

SPRATT, Mr. WEINER, Ms. GIFFORDS, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mrs. 

MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. SHULER, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. 

RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. 

PIERLUISI, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. HALL

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CHANAN, Mr. KIRK, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. POLIS

of Colorado, Ms. SUTTON, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. MCCAUL, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 

ANDREWS, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. BRADY of 

Pennsylvania, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. BISHOP

of New York, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. 

CAMPBELL, Mr. WU, Mr. OLVER, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. 

ESHOO, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. HARE, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. MICHAUD, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. CROWLEY, 

Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. 

MCDERMOTT, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. ADLER of New Jersey, 

Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. KILROY, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. MARKEY of 

Massachusetts, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. PERRIELLO, Mr. HIMES, Mr. PRICE

of North Carolina, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mrs. 

DAHLKEMPER, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. TONKO, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. 

WHITFIELD, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. SCHAUER, Mr. UPTON, Mrs. HALVORSON, 

Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. SIRES, Ms. KOSMAS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. KISSELL, 

Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. KRATOVIL, Mr. ALTMIRE, 

Mr. SCHOCK, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. TIM

MURPHY of Pennsylvania, and Ms. PINGREE of Maine 

JULY 27, 2010 

Deleted sponsor: Mr. LANCE (added July 30, 2009; deleted September 15, 

2009) 

JULY 27, 2010 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To improve the accuracy of fur product labeling, and for 

other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Truth in Fur Labeling 

5 Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF EXEMPTION TO FUR PRODUCT LA7 BELING REQUIREMENTS FOR PRODUCTS 

8 CONTAINING RELATIVELY SMALL QUAN9 TITIES OR VALUES OF FUR. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(d) of the Fur Products 

11 Labeling Act (15 U.S.C. 69(d)) is amended by striking 

12 ‘‘; except that’’ and all that follows through ‘‘contained 

13 therein’’. 

14 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

15 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 90 days 

16 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

17 SEC. 3. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION REVIEW OF FUR 

18 PRODUCTS NAME GUIDE. 

19 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact20 ment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall 

21 publish in the Federal Register notice of, and an oppor22 tunity to comment on, a review of the Fur Products Name 

23 Guide (16 C.F.R. 301.0). 


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1 SEC. 4. STATE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE LABELING OF 

2 FUR PRODUCTS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 12 of the Fur Products 

4 Labeling Act (15 U.S.C. 69(j)) is amended— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘The provisions of’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘(a) The provisions of’’; and 

7 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(b) Nothing in this Act shall preclude or deny any 

9 right of any State or political subdivision thereof to adopt 

10 or enforce any provision of State or local law that provides 

11 more restrictive labeling requirements for fur products 

12 than what is provided for in this Act.’’. 

13 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

14 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 90 days 

15 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

16 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

17 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Truth in Fur Labeling 

18 Act of 2010’’. 

19 SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF EXEMPTION TO FUR PRODUCT LA20 BELING REQUIREMENTS FOR PRODUCTS 

21 CONTAINING RELATIVELY SMALL QUAN22 TITIES OR VALUES OF FUR. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(d) of the Fur Products 

24 Labeling Act (15 U.S.C. 69(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘; 

25 except that’’ and all that follows through ‘‘contained there26 in’’. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub2 section (a) shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after 

3 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

4 SEC. 3. EXEMPTION FOR DISCRETE SALES BY NON-RETAIL5 ERS. 

6 Section 3 of the Fur Products Labeling Act (15 U.S.C. 

7 69a) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(g) No provision of this Act shall apply to a fur prod9 uct— 

10 ‘‘(1) the fur of which was obtained from an ani11 mal through trapping or hunting; and 

12 ‘‘(2) when sold in a face to face transaction at 

13 a place such as a residence, craft fair, or other loca14 tion used on a temporary or short term basis, by the 

15 person who trapped or hunted the animal, where the 

16 revenue from the sale of apparel or fur products is not 

17 the primary source of income of such person.’’. 

18 SEC. 4. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION REVIEW OF FUR 

19 PRODUCTS NAME GUIDE. 

20 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

21 of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall publish in 

22 the Federal Register notice of, and an opportunity to com23 ment on, a review of the Fur Products Name Guide (16 

24 C.F.R. 301.0). 


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Union Calendar No. 329 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2480 

[Report No. 111–571] 

A BILL 

To improve the accuracy of fur product labeling, 

and for other purposes. 

JULY 27, 2010 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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