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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3911 

To amend the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 to revise the requirements 

for labeling of certain wool and cashmere products. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 

Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. ALEXANDER, and Mr. FRIST) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To amend the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 to revise 

the requirements for labeling of certain wool and cashmere products. 

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 ‘‘Wool Suit Fabric La5 beling Fairness and International Standards Conforming 

6 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LABELING OF WOOL AND CASHMERE PRODUCTS TO 

2 FACILITATE COMPLIANCE AND PROTECT 

3 CONSUMERS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4(a) of the Wool Products 

5 Labeling Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. 68b(a)) is amended by 

6 adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 

7 ‘‘(5)(A) In the case of a wool product stamped, 

8 tagged, labeled, or otherwise identified as— 

9 ‘‘(i) ‘Super 80’s’ or ‘80’s’, if the average 

10 diameter of wool fiber of such wool product 

11 does not average 19.75 microns or finer; 

12 ‘‘(ii) ‘Super 90’s’ or ‘90’s’, if the average 

13 diameter of wool fiber of such wool product 

14 does not average 19.25 microns or finer; 

15 ‘‘(iii) ‘Super 100’s’ or ‘100’s’, if the aver16 age diameter of wool fiber of such wool product 

17 does not average 18.75 microns or finer; 

18 ‘‘(iv) ‘Super 110’s’ or ‘110’s’, if the aver19 age diameter of wool fiber of such wool product 

20 does not average 18.25 microns or finer; 

21 ‘‘(v) ‘Super 120’s’ or ‘120’s’, if the average 

22 diameter of wool fiber of such wool product 

23 does not average 17.75 microns or finer; 

24 ‘‘(vi) ‘Super 130’s’ or ‘130’s’, if the aver25 age diameter of wool fiber of such wool product 

26 does not average 17.25 microns or finer; 


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1 ‘‘(vii) ‘Super 140’s’ or ‘140’s’, if the aver2 age diameter of wool fiber of such wool product 

3 does not average 16.75 microns or finer; 

4 ‘‘(viii) ‘Super 150’s’ or ‘150’s’, if the aver5 age diameter of wool fiber of such wool product 

6 does not average 16.25 microns or finer; 

7 ‘‘(ix) ‘Super 160’s’ or ‘160’s’, if the aver8 age diameter of wool fiber of such wool product 

9 does not average 15.75 microns or finer; 

10 ‘‘(x) ‘Super 170’s’ or ‘170’s’, if the average 

11 diameter of wool fiber of such wool product 

12 does not average 15.25 microns or finer; 

13 ‘‘(xi) ‘Super 180’s’ or ‘180’s’, if the aver14 age diameter of wool fiber of such wool product 

15 does not average 14.75 microns or finer; 

16 ‘‘(xii) ‘Super 190’s’ or ‘190’s’, if the aver17 age diameter of wool fiber of such wool product 

18 does not average 14.25 microns or finer; 

19 ‘‘(xiii) ‘Super 200’s’ or ‘200’s’, if the aver20 age diameter of wool fiber of such wool product 

21 does not average 13.75 microns or finer; 

22 ‘‘(xiv) ‘Super 210’s’ or ‘210’s’, if the aver23 age diameter of wool fiber of such wool product 

24 does not average 13.25 microns or finer; 


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1 ‘‘(xv) ‘Super 220’s’ or ‘220’s’, if the aver2 age diameter of wool fiber of such wool product 

3 does not average 12.75 microns or finer; 

4 ‘‘(xvi) ‘Super 230’s’ or ‘230’s’, if the aver5 age diameter of wool fiber of such wool product 

6 does not average 12.25 microns or finer; 

7 ‘‘(xvii) ‘Super 240’s’ or ‘240’s’, if the aver8 age diameter of wool fiber of such wool product 

9 does not average 11.75 microns or finer; and 

10 ‘‘(xviii) ‘Super 250’s’ or ‘250’s’, if the av11 erage diameter of wool fiber of such wool prod12 uct does not average 11.25 microns or finer. 

13 ‘‘(B) In each case described in subparagraph 

14 (A), the average fiber diameter of the wool product 

15 may be subject to such other standards or deviations 

16 as adopted by regulation by the Commission. 

17 ‘‘(6)(A) In the case of a wool product stamped, 

18 tagged, labeled, or otherwise identified as cashmere, 

19 if— 

20 ‘‘(i) such wool product is not the fine 

21 (dehaired) undercoat fibers produced by a cash22 mere goat (capra hircus laniger); 

23 ‘‘(ii) the average diameter of the fiber of 

24 such wool product exceeds 19 microns; or 


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1 ‘‘(iii) such wool product contains more 

2 than 3 percent (by weight) of cashmere fibers 

3 with average diameters that exceed 30 microns. 

4 ‘‘(B) The average fiber diameter for each prod5 uct described in subparagraph (A) may be subject to 

6 a coefficient of variation around the mean that does 

7 not exceed 24 percent.’’. 

8 (b) APPLICABILITY DATE.—The amendments made 

9 by this section apply to wool products manufactured on 

10 or after January 1, 2007. 

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