Cosmetic Safety for Communities of Color and Professional Salon Workers Act of 2023
Latest action · May 26, 2023 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.
- IntroducedMay 24, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cosmetic Safety for Communities of Color and Professional Salon Workers Act of 2023
This bill establishes several programs and requirements to address harmful chemicals in cosmetics and their effects on customers and salon workers, particularly in communities of color.
For example, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to nonprofits and educational institutions to research harmful chemicals in cosmetics that are primarily marketed to and used by women and girls of color. HHS must publish a report summarizing the research, including recommendations for reducing exposure to such harmful cosmetics. HHS must similarly award grants for research, and publish a related report, about harmful chemicals in products that are used by professional nail, hair, and beauty salon workers.
In addition, the Food and Drug Administration must award grants to support the development of alternative, safer chemicals that may be used in place of harmful chemicals in cosmetics.
HHS must also establish a National Resource Center on Beauty Justice and a National Resource Center on Salon Worker Health and Safety to educate customers and salon workers, respectively, about harmful chemicals in cosmetics, with a particular focus on communities of color.
The Department of Labor must require manufacturers of professional cosmetics to prepare and publish product safety sheets that identify harmful chemicals in their products. Salon owners and operators must also provide product safety sheets to their employees.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 24, 2023 to Oct 18, 2024; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 24, 2023 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | May 24, 2023 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | May 24, 2023 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | May 24, 2023 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | May 24, 2023 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | May 24, 2023 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | May 24, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Jun 6, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jun 6, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Jun 6, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jun 16, 2023 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | May 6, 2024 | |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | May 14, 2024 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | May 15, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | May 21, 2024 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Jun 3, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Sep 17, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Oct 18, 2024 |
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 May 24, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 26, 2023 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 24, 2023 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 26, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 24, 2023Introduced in House
- May 24, 2023Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. 169, no. 88, May 24, 2023, page H2597.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to cosmetic safety, with an emphasis on communities of color and professional salon workers, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Cosmetic Safety for Communities of Color and Professional Salon Workers Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Community life and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Cosmetics and personal care
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Manufacturing
- Medical research
- Minority and disadvantaged businesses
- Minority health
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Research administration and funding
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 24, 2023Introduced 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.
