IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4583 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2006 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To amend the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 to revise 
the requirements for labeling of certain wool and cash-
mere products. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wool Suit Fabric La-
beling Fairness and International Standards Conforming 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LABELING OF WOOL AND CASHMERE PRODUCTS TO 
FACILITATE 
COMPLIANCE 
AND 
PROTECT 
CONSUMERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4(a) of the Wool Products 
Labeling Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. 68b(a)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(5) In the case of a wool product stamped, tagged, 
labeled, or otherwise identified as— 
‘‘(A) ‘Super 80’s’ or ‘80’s’, if the average di-
ameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
average 19.75 microns or finer; 
‘‘(B) ‘Super 90’s’ or ‘90’s’, if the average di-
ameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
average 19.25 microns or finer; 
‘‘(C) ‘Super 100’s’ or ‘100’s’, if the average di-
ameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
average 18.75 microns or finer; 
‘‘(D) ‘Super 110’s’ or ‘110’s’, if the average di-
ameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
average 18.25 microns or finer; 
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‘‘(E) ‘Super 120’s’ or ‘120’s’, if the average di-
ameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
average 17.75 microns or finer; 
‘‘(F) ‘Super 130’s’ or ‘130’s’, if the average di-
ameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
average 17.25 microns or finer; 
‘‘(G) ‘Super 140’s’ or ‘140’s’, if the average di-
ameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
average 16.75 microns or finer; 
‘‘(H) ‘Super 150’s’ or ‘150’s’, if the average di-
ameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
average 16.25 microns or finer; 
‘‘(I) ‘Super 160’s’ or ‘160’s’, if the average di-
ameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
average 15.75 microns or finer; 
‘‘(J) ‘Super 170’s’ or ‘170’s’, if the average di-
ameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
average 15.25 microns or finer; 
‘‘(K) ‘Super 180’s’ or ‘180’s’, if the average di-
ameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
average 14.75 microns or finer; 
‘‘(L) ‘Super 190’s’ or ‘190’s’, if the average di-
ameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
average 14.25 microns or finer; 
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‘‘(M) ‘Super 200’s’ or ‘200’s’, if the average di-
ameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
average 13.75 microns or finer; 
‘‘(N) ‘Super 210’s’ or ‘210’s’, if the average di-
ameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
average 13.25 microns or finer; 
‘‘(O) ‘Super 220’s’ or ‘220’s’, if the average di-
ameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
average 12.75 microns or finer; 
‘‘(P) ‘Super 230’s’ or ‘230’s’, if the average di-
ameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
average 12.25 microns or finer; 
‘‘(Q) ‘Super 240’s’ or ‘240’s’, if the average di-
ameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
average 11.75 microns or finer; and 
‘‘(R) ‘Super 250’s’ or ‘250’s’, if the average di-
ameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
average 11.25 microns or finer. 
In each such case, the average fiber diameter of such wool 
product may be subject to such standards or deviations 
as adopted by regulation by the Commission. 
‘‘(6) In the case of a wool product stamped, tagged, 
labeled, or otherwise identified as cashmere, if— 
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