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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3621 
To amend title VI of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide 
for greater transparency with respect to fragrance and flavor ingredients 
in cosmetics, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 24, 2023 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. NORTON, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, and Ms. MENG) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title VI of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act to provide for greater transparency with respect to 
fragrance and flavor ingredients in cosmetics, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cosmetic Fragrance 
and Flavor Ingredient Right to Know Act of 2023’’. 
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‘‘(5) A link to the hazard communication safety 
data sheet for any such cosmetic intended for profes-
sional use. 
‘‘(b) UPDATES.—In the case of an update to any of 
the lists specified in subsection (b) or (c) of section 616 
with respect to a cosmetic sold or offered for sale in inter-
state commerce by a brand owner, the brand owner shall 
revise the disclosure made under subsection (a) to reflect 
such update not later than 7 months after the date on 
which such update is formally noticed by the authoritative 
body who administers the list. 
‘‘SEC. 616. COSMETIC INGREDIENT PRODUCT LABEL DIS-
CLOSURE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning on the date 
that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of the Cos-
metic Fragrance and Flavor Ingredient Right to Know Act 
of 2023, for purposes of section 602(h), the packaging or 
labeling of a cosmetic shall include— 
‘‘(1) A full listing of each ingredient present in 
such cosmetic (including each fragrance or flavor in-
gredient), listed in descending order of predomi-
nance. 
‘‘(2) In the case of a cosmetic in which any in-
gredient specified in subsection (b) is present, the 
following statement: ‘For health impacts related to 
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the fragrance or flavor ingredients in this product, 
visit: www.llll.’. The uniform resource locator 
of the website of the brand owner shall be placed in 
the space identifying the website.’. 
‘‘(3) In the case of a fragrance allergen in such 
cosmetic that meets the criteria specified in section 
616(c), the following statement: ‘This product con-
tains the following fragrance allergens.’. 
‘‘(4) Not later than 18 months after the date 
on which an update to any of the lists referred to 
in subsection (b) or (c) with respect to an ingredient 
or allergen present in such cosmetic are formally no-
ticed by the authoritative body who administers the 
list, any necessary revisions with respect to such in-
gredient or fragrance allergen to reflect such update. 
‘‘(b) INGREDIENTS
SPECIFIED.—The ingredients 
specified in this subsection are the following chemicals (in-
cluding chemicals included in any list specified in this sub-
section after the date of the enactment of this subchapter): 
‘‘(1) Chemicals for which a reference dose or 
reference concentration has been developed based on 
neurotoxicity in the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy’s Integrated Risk Information System. 
‘‘(2) Chemicals that are identified as carcino-
genic to humans, likely to be carcinogenic to hu-
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mans, or as group A, B1, or B2 carcinogens, in the 
Environmental Protection Agency’s Integrated Risk 
Information System. 
‘‘(3) Persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic Pri-
ority Chemicals identified by the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency’s National Waste Minimization Pro-
gram as of February 22, 2016. 
‘‘(4) Chemicals that are identified in volumes 1 
through 4 of the Reports on Human Exposure to 
Environmental Chemicals issued by the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (and any updates to 
such reports). 
‘‘(5) Toxic pollutants listed under section 20 
307(a)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act and priority pollutants identified in appendix A 
to part 423 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations 
(or successor regulations). 
‘‘(6) Chemicals classified as ‘Persistent, Bio-
accumulative and Toxic’ by the Toxics Release In-
ventory published by the Environmental Protection 
Agency pursuant to section 313 of the Emergency 
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 
1986. 
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‘‘(7) Chemicals that are identified in the Agen-
cy for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry’s 
Toxic Substances Portal. 
‘‘(8) Chemicals that are hazardous substances, 
as such term is defined in section 101(14) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act of 1980. 
‘‘(9) Reproductive and developmental toxicants 
identified by monographs issued by the National 
Toxicology Program Center for the Evaluation of 
Risks to Human Reproduction. 
‘‘(10) Chemicals that are identified as known to 
be, or reasonably anticipated to be human carcino-
gens by the most recent Report on Carcinogens pre-
pared by the National Toxicology Program pursuant 
to section 301(b)(4) of the Public Health Service 
Act. 
‘‘(11) Chemicals identified as persistent, bio-
accumulative, and toxic (PBT) chemicals by the De-
partment of Ecology of the State of Washington 
(WAC 173–333 (2006)). 
‘‘(12) Chemicals specified in Chapter 6.6 of the 
California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforce-
ment Act of 1986 (sections 25249.5 through 
25249.14 of the California Health and Safety Code), 
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List of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicants 
and Carcinogens. 
‘‘(13) Chemicals for which primary maximum 
contaminant levels have been established and adopt-
ed under section 64431, 64444, or 64444.5 of divi-
sion 22 of title 26 of the California Code of Regula-
tions and chemicals for which notification levels, as 
defined in section 116455 of the California Health 
and Safety Code, have been established by the Cali-
fornia State Water Resources Control Board. 
‘‘(14) Chemicals identified as toxic air contami-
nants under section 93000 or 93001 of title 17 of 
the California Code of Regulations. 
‘‘(15) Substances classified as carcinogens, 
mutagens or reproductive toxicants in Appendices 1 
through 6 of Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No. 
1907/2006 of the European Union’s Registration, 
Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemi-
cals (REACH) law, as revised by the Commission 
Regulation (EU) 2020/2096 of 15 December 2020. 
‘‘(16) Chemicals included in the European 
Union Candidate List of Substances of Very High 
Concern in accordance with Article 59 of the 
REACH Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 on the 
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