HR 3457 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2011

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 18, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedNov 17, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2011 - Requires a cleaning product manufactured or offered for sale, distributed in commerce, or imported into the United States to bear a label listing each of its ingredients: (1) by the name assigned by the International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients or, if there is no such name, by the name assigned by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry or, if there is none, by its common chemical name; and (2) in descending order of predominance by weight, except that ingredients that constitute less than 1% of the product can be listed at the end in any order.

Allows the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to exempt from such labeling requirement: (1) an ingredient that is present in a product at such low levels that detection is not technologically feasible, or (2) for five-year periods, an ingredient that a manufacturer demonstrates to be a trade secret. Sets forth required disclosures for, and limitations to, a manufacturer's claim that an ingredient is a trade secret.

Requires a product that is not in conformity with the labeling requirements and not exempt to be treated as a misbranded hazardous substance under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA). Increases penalties for violations of FHSA.

Authorizes any person to petition the CPSC to investigate claims that a product does not satisfy the labeling requirements.

Requires: (1) each cleaning product manufacturer to make available on its website a complete list of ingredients for each product, including any potential adverse health effect of each ingredient; and (2) CPSC to provide on its website aggregated information that allows users to compare products made by different manufacturers.

Cosponsors 5

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 17, 2011 to Dec 8, 2011, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalNov 17, 2011
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalNov 17, 2011
D-OHTim RyanOriginalNov 17, 2011
D-NYTimothy H. BishopOriginalNov 17, 2011
D-NYNita M. LoweyDec 8, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 18, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
  2. Nov 17, 2011Introduced in House
  3. Nov 17, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 17, 2011Introduced in House

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