No PFAS in Cosmetics Act

Bill: 117-hr-3990
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2021-06-17
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Cosmetics and personal care

Department of Health and Human Services

Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Latest action: action_date: 2021-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-06-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>No PFAS in Cosmetics Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to issue and finalize a rule to ban the use of intentionally added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances in cosmetics. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3990 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 17, 2021 Mrs. Dingell (for herself, Ms. Kuster , Mr. Fitzpatrick , and Mr. Katko ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To ban the use of intentionally added perfluoroalkyl or poly­fluo­ro­al­kyl substances in cosmetics.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No PFAS in Cosmetics Act . 2. Ban on perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances (a) Directed rulemaking Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary ) shall issue a proposed rule to ban the use of intentionally added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances in cosmetics. Not later than 90 days after issuing the proposed rule, the Secretary shall finalize such rule. (b) Definition In this section, the term per­fluo­ro­al­kyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance means a per­fluo­ro­al­kyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance that is man-made and has at least 1 fully fluorinated carbon atom.