(2) conduct culturally appropriate and lan-
guage-specific salon worker outreach and develop 
and implement culturally appropriate interventions 
that empower and equip salon workers with the in-
formation they need to select safe, non-toxic hair, 
nail, and beauty salon products; 
(3) create culturally specific outreach strategies, 
resource materials, training curricula, and training 
programs to serve, and build the capacity of, com-
munity-based organizations seeking to support cul-
turally diverse and language-diverse populations of 
professional salon workers; or 
(4) create or develop collaborative partnerships 
to create, and educate and train regarding, best 
practices for health care professionals, brand own-
ers, and other relevant stakeholders to identify and 
treat the negative health impacts experienced by pro-
fessional salon workers because of toxic cosmetic 
chemical exposures. 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the recipient of the grant under sub-
section (a) shall submit an annual report to the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services and the Con-
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gress regarding activities carried out pursuant to the 
grant and an evaluation of the results of the activi-
ties. 
(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall make each report 
under paragraph (1) available to the public by post-
ing a copy of the report on the website of the Food 
and Drug Administration. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030 
SEC. 9. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION REGULATION 
OF SYNTHETIC BRAIDS. 
(a) INCLUSION IN DEFINITION OF COSMETIC.—Sec-
tion 201(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(21 U.S.C. 321(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘the appear-
ance’’ and inserting ‘‘the appearance (including synthetic 
braids)’’. 
(b) MISBRANDED.—Section 602 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 362) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) If it is a set of synthetic braids that do not meet 
the safety standards required by section 9 of the Cosmetic 
Safety for Communities of Color and Professional Salon 
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Workers Act of 2025 and the labeling and packaging of 
the synthetic braids— 
‘‘(1) does not display a warning label with the 
following statement: ‘This product does not meet the 
FDA’s standard of safety for synthetic braids.’; or 
‘‘(2) such warning is not displayed on the 
website of the manufacturer of the synthetic 
braids.’’. 
(c) NON-PREEMPTION.—Section 614(b) of the Fed-
eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 364j(b)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 
(a), nothing in this section shall be construed to pre-
vent any State (or a political subdivision thereof) 
from— 
‘‘(A) prohibiting the use or limiting the 
amount of an ingredient in a cosmetic product; 
‘‘(B) continuing to implement a require-
ment of such State (or a political subdivision 
thereof) that is in effect at the time of enact-
ment of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regu-
lation Act of 2022 for the reporting to the 
State (or a political subdivision thereof) of an 
ingredient in a cosmetic product; or 
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‘‘(C) implementing a requirement of such 
State (or a political subdivision thereof) that 
provides for greater transparency, disclosure, or 
protection with respect to synthetic braids than 
the requirements established under the amend-
ments made by the Cosmetic Safety for Com-
munities of Color and Professional Salon Work-
ers Act of 2025 (or continuing to implement 
any such requirement that is in effect as of the 
date of the enactment of such Act). 
‘‘(2) MODERNIZATION OF COSMETICS REGULA-
TION ACT OF 2022.—Nothing in the amendments to 
this Act made by the Modernization of Cosmetics 
Regulation Act of 2022 shall be construed to pre-
empt any State statute, public initiative, ref-
erendum, regulation, or other State action, except as 
expressly provided in subsection (a).’’. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of 
Food and Drugs, shall issue regulations to implement the 
amendments made by subsections (a) and (b). Such regu-
lations shall establish safety standards for the use of syn-
thetic braids. 
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