I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5373 
To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the manufacture, 
processing, use, and distribution in commerce of commercial asbestos 
and mixtures and articles containing commercial asbestos, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 
Ms. BONAMICI (for herself and Mr. BACON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit 
the manufacture, processing, use, and distribution in 
commerce of commercial asbestos and mixtures and arti-
cles containing commercial asbestos, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Alan Reinstein Ban 
Asbestos Now Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. COMMERCIAL ASBESTOS BAN AND REPORTING. 
Section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 
U.S.C. 2605) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub-
section (k); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(j) ASBESTOS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) COMMERCIAL ASBESTOS.—The term 
‘commercial asbestos’ means the asbestiform 
varieties of the following, if extracted and proc-
essed for their commercial value: 
‘‘(i) Chrysotile (serpentine). 
‘‘(ii) Crocidolite (riebeckite). 
‘‘(iii) 
Amosite 
(cummingtonite- 
grunerite). 
‘‘(iv) Anthophyllite. 
‘‘(v) Tremolite. 
‘‘(vi) Actinolite. 
‘‘(vii) Richterite. 
‘‘(viii) Winchite. 
‘‘(B) DISTRIBUTE
IN
COMMERCE; DIS-
TRIBUTION IN COMMERCE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), the terms ‘distribute in 
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commerce’ and ‘distribution in commerce’ 
have the meanings given the terms in sec-
tion 3. 
‘‘(ii) EXCLUSIONS.—The terms ‘dis-
tribute in commerce’ and ‘distribution in 
commerce’ do not include, with respect to 
commercial asbestos— 
‘‘(I) end-use of a mixture or arti-
cle containing commercial asbestos 
and installed in a building or other 
structure, product, or equipment be-
fore the date of enactment of the Alan 
Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 
2025; or 
‘‘(II) distribution of a mixture or 
article containing commercial asbestos 
solely for the purpose of disposal of 
the mixture or article in compliance 
with applicable Federal, State, and 
local requirements. 
‘‘(C) MIXTURE
OR
ARTICLE
CONTAINING 
COMMERCIAL ASBESTOS.—The term ‘mixture or 
article containing commercial asbestos’ does not 
include a mixture or article in which commer-
cial asbestos is present solely as an impurity (as 
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defined in section 720.3 of title 40, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)). 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The prohibitions, re-
quirements, and definition of the term ‘commer-
cial asbestos’ in this subsection shall— 
‘‘(i) apply only— 
‘‘(I) to chemical substances; and 
‘‘(II) for purposes of regulating 
chemical substances under this Act; 
and 
‘‘(ii) have no effect on— 
‘‘(I) any other prohibition or def-
inition of the term ‘asbestos’; or 
‘‘(II) any other requirement reg-
ulating asbestos, including for pur-
poses of— 
‘‘(aa) regulating cosmetics 
under the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 
et seq.); and 
‘‘(bb) determining whether a 
cosmetic contains asbestos as an 
ingredient or as an impurity to 
an ingredient. 
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