118th Congress Health
H.R. 3620: Cosmetic Safety for Communities of Color and Professional Salon Workers Act of 2023
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Summary
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.
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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.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Cosponsors
- Lisa Blunt Rochester D-DEOriginal
- Raúl Grijalva D-AZOriginal
- Henry Johnson D-GAOriginal
- Grace Meng D-NYOriginal
- Eleanor Norton D-DCOriginal
- Rashida Tlaib D-MIOriginal
- Nydia Velázquez D-NYOriginal
- Judy Chu D-CA
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick D-FL
- Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Nikema Williams D-GA
- Shontel Brown D-OH
- Dina Titus D-NV
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Melanie Stansbury D-NM
- Debbie Dingell D-MI
- Doris Matsui D-CA
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History
- Introduced in the House by Janice Schakowsky.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced in House
- Referred 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.