H.R. 1321 · 114th Congress
Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015
- Stage
- Signed by the president
- Sponsor
- Frank Pallone
- Introduced
- 2015-03-04
- Latest action
- 2015-12-28 · Became Public Law No: 114-114.
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on December 7, 2015. The summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)
Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ban rinse-off cosmetics that contain intentionally-added plastic microbeads beginning on January 1, 2018, and to ban manufacturing of these cosmetics beginning on July 1, 2017. These bans are delayed by one year for cosmetics that are over-the-counter drugs.