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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1442 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A bill to ban the sale of products with a high concentration of sodium |
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| 6 | 6 | | nitrate to individuals, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY18, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. T |
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| 10 | 10 | | RAHAN(for herself, Mr. CAREY, and Mr. NEGUSE) introduced the |
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| 11 | 11 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | A bill to ban the sale of products with a high concentration |
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| 14 | 14 | | of sodium nitrate to individuals, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This title may be cited as the ‘‘Youth Poisoning Pro-4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tection Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. BANNING OF PRODUCTS CONTAINING A HIGH CON-6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | CENTRATION OF SODIUM NITRITE. 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) I |
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| 23 | 23 | | NGENERAL.—Any consumer product containing 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | a high concentration of sodium nitrite shall be considered 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 1442 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | to be a banned hazardous product under section 8 of the 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2057). 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) R |
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| 31 | 31 | | ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | tion shall be construed to— 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) prohibit any commercial or industrial pur-5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | pose in which high concentration sodium nitrite is 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | not customarily produced or distributed for sale to, 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | or use or consumption by, or enjoyment of, a con-8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | sumer; and 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) apply to high concentration sodium nitrite 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | that meets the definition of a drug, device, or cos-11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | metic (as such terms are defined in sections 201(g), 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (h), and (i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | metic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(g), (h), and (i))), or food 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (as defined in section 201(f) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 321(f))), including poultry and poultry products (as 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | such terms are defined in sections 4(e) and (f) of 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 453(e)and (f))), meat and meat food products (as 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | such terms are defined in section 1(j) of the Federal 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601(j))), and eggs 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | and egg products (as such terms are defined in sec-22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | tion 4 of the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | U.S.C. 1033)). 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (c) D |
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| 54 | 54 | | EFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | •HR 1442 IH |
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| 58 | 58 | | (1) CONSUMER PRODUCT .—The term ‘‘con-1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | sumer product’’ has the meaning given that term 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | under section 3(a)(5) of the Consumer Product 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(5)). 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (2) H |
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| 63 | 63 | | IGH CONCENTRATION OF SODIUM NI -5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | TRITE.—The term ‘‘high concentration’’ of sodium 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | nitrite means a concentration of 10 or more percent 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | by weight of sodium nitrite. 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (d) E |
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| 68 | 68 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall take effect 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | Æ |
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