quired to contain a bittering agent under subsection 
(a) shall maintain a record of the trade name, sci-
entific name, and any active ingredients of a 
bittering agent used in compliance with such sub-
section. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY TO THE PUBLIC.—Any record 
maintained under paragraph (1) shall be made avail-
able to the public on receipt by the manufacturer of 
a request from any person. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), a 
manufacturer, processor, distributor, recycler, or seller 
of an engine coolant or antifreeze that is required to 
contain a bittering agent under subsection (a) shall 
not be liable to a person for any personal injury, 
death, property damage, damage to the environment 
(including natural resources), or economic loss that 
results from the inclusion in the engine coolant or 
antifreeze of the bittering agent, provided that the 
bittering agent is present in concentrations mandated 
by subsection (a)(2)(A) or permitted pursuant to a 
rulemaking under subsection (a)(2)(B). 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply in any case in which a cause of liability re-
ferred to in that paragraph is unrelated to the inclu-
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sion in an engine coolant or antifreeze of the bittering 
agent as required by subsection (a). Nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to exempt any manufac-
turer or distributor of denatonium benzoate, or an al-
ternative bittering agent the use of which is required 
or permitted under subsection (a)(2), from any liabil-
ity related to denatonium benzoate or the alternative 
bittering agent. 
‘‘(d) PREEMPTION.—No State or political subdivision 
of a State shall establish or continue to enforce with respect 
to retail containers containing less than 55 gallons of en-
gine coolant or antifreeze any prohibition, limitation, 
standard or other requirement relating to the inclusion of 
a bittering agent in engine coolant or antifreeze that is dif-
ferent from, or in addition to, the requirements of this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(e) EXEMPTION.—This section shall not be construed 
to apply to— 
‘‘(1) the sale of a motor vehicle that contains en-
gine coolant or antifreeze; or 
‘‘(2) a wholesale container of engine coolant or 
antifreeze that contains 55 gallons or more of engine 
coolant or antifreeze.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 433 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2567 
[Report No. 109–730, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Hazardous Substances Act 
to require engine coolant and antifreeze to con-
tain a bittering agent so as to render it 
unpalatable. 
DECEMBER 8, 2006 
Committees on the Judiciary and Transportation and In-
frastructure discharged; committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
dered to be printed 
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