I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2728 
To require labeling of ingredients of cleaning products, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 25, 2017 
Mr. RUIZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require labeling of ingredients of cleaning products, 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 ‘‘Cleaning Product La-
beling Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. CLEANING PRODUCTS LABELING REQUIREMENT. 
(a) LABELING REQUIREMENT.—Beginning on the 
date that is 1 year after the date on which the Commission 
issues regulations under subsection (d), a cleaning product 
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manufactured for sale, offered for sale, distributed in com-
merce, or imported to the United States after such date 
shall bear a label on the product’s container or packaging 
with, and the manufacturer of the product shall include 
on the Internet website of the manufacturer (if the manu-
facturer maintains an Internet website), a complete and 
accurate list of all the product’s ingredients, including the 
individual ingredients in dyes, fragrances, and preserva-
tives. Ingredients shall be listed in accordance with the 
following: 
(1) Ingredients shall be listed in descending 
order of predominance in the product by weight, 
other than ingredients that constitute less than 1 
percent of the product, which may be listed at the 
end in any order. 
(2) The list of ingredients on the Internet 
website of the product shall— 
(A) include the CAS Registry Number of 
each ingredient; 
(B) include an explanation of each ingredi-
ent’s purpose for being in the cleaning product; 
and 
(C) be available in English, Spanish, and 
any other language the Commission or Adminis-
tration determines necessary to ensure that 
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users of the product in the United States are 
informed as to the complete list of the product’s 
ingredients and their function. 
(b) TREATMENT OF NONCONFORMING PRODUCTS.— 
(1) CONSUMER PRODUCTS.—A cleaning product 
under the jurisdiction of the Commission that is not 
in conformity with the labeling requirements of sub-
section (a), including a product the manufacturer of 
which is not in compliance with the Internet website 
listing requirement with respect to such product, 
shall be treated as a substance defined in section 
2(p) of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 
U.S.C. 1261(p)) for purposes of such Act. 
(2) OTHER CLEANING PRODUCTS.—A cleaning 
product under the jurisdiction of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration that is not in con-
formity with the labeling requirements of subsection 
(a), including a product the manufacturer of which 
is not in compliance with the Internet website listing 
requirement with respect to such product, shall be 
treated as a product in violation of a rule promul-
gated under section 6 of the Occupational Safety 
and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655). 
(c) NO EFFECT ON EXISTING LABELING REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted as hav-
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ing any effect on any labeling requirements in effect before 
the date of enactment of this Act as described in section 
2(p) of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 U.S.C. 
1261(p)), section 3 of the Poison Prevention Packaging 
Act of 1970 (15 U.S.C. 1472), or the Hazard Communica-
tion Standard of the Occupational Safety and Health Ad-
ministration. 
(d) RULEMAKING AUTHORITY OF THE CONSUMER 
PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, in consultation 
with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency as necessary, the Commission shall issue regula-
tions for cleaning products under the jurisdiction of the 
Commission— 
(1) to ensure a standardized method of listing 
ingredients in an accessible, uniform, and legible 
manner on both the label and Internet website of a 
product as required by subsection (a); and 
(2) to provide for the effective enforcement of 
this Act. 
(e) RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
OF
THE OCCUPA-
TIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, in consultation with the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency as necessary, the Secretary 
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of Labor shall issue regulations, including occupational 
safety or health standards, for cleaning products under the 
jurisdiction of the Administration— 
(1) to ensure a standardized method of listing 
ingredients in an accessible, uniform, and legible 
manner on both the label and website of a product 
as required by subsection (a); and 
(2) to provide for the effective enforcement of 
this Act. 
(f) PRESERVATION OF EXISTING AGENCY JURISDIC-
TION.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed as having 
any effect on which cleaning products fall within the juris-
diction of the Commission or the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration. 
SEC. 3. PUBLIC RIGHT TO KNOW PETITION. 
(a) PETITION.—Any person may submit a petition to 
the agency of jurisdiction alleging that a cleaning product 
available in interstate commerce does not satisfy the label-
ing requirements of this Act, including a product the man-
ufacturer of which is not in compliance with the require-
ment to list the product’s ingredients on its Internet 
website. 
(b) ACTION BY THE AGENCY OF JURISDICTION.— 
The agency of jurisdiction shall notify a petitioner of the 
receipt of a petition within 30 days after receipt of such 
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petition. The agency shall investigate the claims made by 
the petition and make a determination as to the validity 
of such claims within 180 days after acknowledging the 
receipt of such petition. If the agency sustains the claim 
or claims made by the petition, the agency shall initiate 
the proper enforcement actions required by law. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—The agency of jurisdiction may 
issue such regulations as it determines necessary to re-
quire that petitions include a reasonable evidentiary basis 
for the claims made therein. 
SEC. 4. RELATIONSHIP TO STATE LAWS. 
Nothing in this Act affects the right of a State or 
political subdivision of a State to adopt or enforce any reg-
ulation, requirement, or standard of performance that is 
different from, or in addition to, a regulation, require-
ment, liability, or standard of performance established 
pursuant to this Act unless compliance with both this Act 
and the State or political subdivision of a State regulation, 
requirement, or standard of performance is impossible, in 
which case the applicable provision of this Act shall con-
trol. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AGENCY
OF
JURISDICTION.—The term 
‘‘agency of jurisdiction’’ means the Occupational 
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Safety and Health Administration with respect to 
cleaning products and matters under the jurisdiction 
of the Administration and the Commission with re-
spect to cleaning products and matters under the ju-
risdiction of the Commission. 
(2) AIR CARE PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘air care 
product’’ means a mixture of one or more chemicals 
the purpose of which is to clean and freshen air or 
to deodorize and neutralize unwanted odors in the 
indoor air, including solid gels, air freshener spray, 
an outlet or battery operated air freshener, a hang-
ing car air freshener, and a potpourri product. 
(3) AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘auto-
motive product’’ means a chemically formulated con-
sumer product designed to maintain the appearance 
of a motor vehicle, but does not include automotive 
paint or a paint repair product. 
(4) CLEANING PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘cleaning 
product’’ means any chemically formulated product 
used primarily for commercial, domestic, or institu-
tional cleaning purposes, including an air care prod-
uct, automotive product, disinfectant (except as pro-
vided in subparagraph (B)), and polish or floor 
maintenance product. Such term shall not include— 
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(A) any drug or cosmetic, including per-
sonal care items such as toothpaste, shampoo, 
and hand soap; or 
(B) a product labeled, advertised, mar-
keted, and distributed for use only as a pes-
ticide, as defined by section 2(u) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 
U.S.C. 136(u)), including a disinfectant in-
tended for use solely on critical or semi-critical 
devices as described by such section. 
(5) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Consumer Product Safety Commission. 
(6) 
INGREDIENT.—The 
term 
‘‘ingredient’’ 
means a chemical intentionally incorporated in a 
cleaning product, including— 
(A) a chemical intentionally added to the 
product that provides a technical or functional 
effect; 
(B) the intentional breakdown product of a 
chemical that has an effect on the cleaning 
product; 
(C) with respect to a fragrance or preserv-
ative, each individual component part of the 
fragrance or preservative; and 
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(D) any individual component of an ingre-
dient or of an incidental ingredient that the 
Commission determines should be considered an 
ingredient. 
(7) INCIDENTAL INGREDIENT.—The term ‘‘inci-
dental ingredient’’ means a chemical in a cleaning 
product, including— 
(A) any substance that is present by rea-
son of having been added to a cleaning product 
during processing for its technical or functional 
effect; 
(B) a chemical that has no technical or 
functional effect but is present by reason of 
having been incorporated into the cleaning 
product as a component of an ingredient of an-
other chemical; and 
(C) any contaminant that may form via re-
actions over the shelf life of a cleaning product 
and that may be present at levels where detec-
tion is technologically feasible. 
(8) POLISH
OR
FLOOR
MAINTENANCE
PROD-
UCT.—The term ‘‘polish or floor maintenance prod-
uct’’ means a chemically formulated consumer prod-
uct designed to polish, protect, or maintain fur-
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niture, floors, metal, leather, or other surfaces, in-
cluding polish, wax, and restorer. 
(9) SECRETARY OF LABOR.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary of Labor’’ means the Secretary of Labor, act-
ing through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Oc-
cupational Safety and Health. 
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