H. R. 4583
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and six 
An Act 
To amend the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 to revise the requirements 
for labeling of certain wool and cashmere products.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wool Suit Fabric Labeling Fair-
ness and International Standards Conforming Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LABELING OF WOOL AND CASHMERE PRODUCTS TO FACILI-
TATE 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 diameter 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 diameter 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 diameter 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 diameter of 
wool fiber of such wool product does not average 18.25 microns 
or finer; 
‘‘(E) ‘Super 120’s’ or ‘120’s’, if the average diameter 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 diameter 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 diameter 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 diameter 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 diameter of wool 
fiber of such wool product does not average 15.75 microns 
or finer;
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‘‘(J) ‘Super 170’s’ or ‘170’s’, if the average diameter 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 diameter 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 diameter of 
wool fiber of such wool product does not average 14.25 microns 
or finer; 
‘‘(M) ‘Super 200’s’ or ‘200’s’, if the average diameter 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 diameter 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 diameter 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 diameter 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 diameter 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 diameter 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—
‘‘(A) such wool product is not the fine (dehaired) undercoat 
fibers produced by a cashmere goat (capra hircus laniger); 
‘‘(B) the average diameter of the fiber of such wool product 
exceeds 19 microns; or 
‘‘(C) such wool product contains more than 3 percent (by 
weight) of cashmere fibers with average diameters that exceed 
30 microns. 
The average fiber diameter may be subject to a coefficient of vari-
ation around the mean that shall not exceed 24 percent.’’.
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(b) APPLICABILITY DATE.—The amendments made by this sec-
tion shall apply to wool products manufactured on or after January 
1, 2007.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.