Safe Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Act of 2019
Latest action · Sep 13, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedSep 12, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safe Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Act of 2019
This bill expands the Food and Drug Administration's authority to regulate cosmetics, including with respect to safety standards, product recalls, and product testing. The bill also generally prohibits the use of animal testing for the purpose of developing cosmetics.
Cosponsors 41
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 12, 2019 to Jun 15, 2020; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Sep 12, 2019 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Sep 12, 2019 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Sep 12, 2019 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Sep 12, 2019 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Sep 12, 2019 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Sep 12, 2019 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Sep 12, 2019 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Sep 12, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Original | Sep 12, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Sep 12, 2019 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Sep 12, 2019 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Sep 12, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Sep 12, 2019 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Sep 12, 2019 |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Original | Sep 12, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Sep 12, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Harley Rouda | Sep 19, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Sep 26, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Sep 27, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Oct 11, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Oct 28, 2019 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Nov 12, 2019 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Nov 12, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Dec 18, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jan 15, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Jan 16, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Mucarsel-Powell | Jan 21, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Jan 29, 2020 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jan 29, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Jan 29, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Feb 25, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Apr 7, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | May 27, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Jun 15, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Sep 12, 2019 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Sep 13, 2019 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Sep 12, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 13, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 12, 2019Introduced in House
- Sep 12, 2019Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 146, September 12, 2019, page H7706.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-79 | BUILDING CONSUMER CONFIDENCE BY EMPOWERING FDA TO IMPROVE COSMETIC SAFETY137 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Dec 4, 2019 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47826 | FDA Regulation of Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Under the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA) | Report | Oct 30, 2023 |
| R42594 | FDA Regulation of Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Archived | Report | Mar 9, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title VI of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safe use of cosmetics, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Safe Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Air quality
- Allergies
- Animal and plant health
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Business records
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Cosmetics and personal care
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Labor
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental health
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Government information and archives
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Health
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Labor standards
- Licensing and registrations
- Manufacturing
- Marketing and advertising
- Minority health
- Product safety and quality
- Research administration and funding
- Retail and wholesale trades
- Right of privacy
- Small business
- User charges and fees
- Water quality
- Women's health
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 12, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
