Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015 became law 299 days after introduction, with cosponsors from both parties
IntroducedMar 4, 2015
ReportedNov 18, 2015
Passed one chamberDec 7, 2015
Passed bothDec 18, 2015
LawDec 28, 2015
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 83 words.
(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.
Context
- Committees
- House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 6 of 145 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 6, from enrolled bill to public law · 625 words
- Subjects
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationHazardous wastes and toxic substancesMarine pollutionWater quality
- Latest action
- Dec 28, 2015: Became Public Law No: 114-114.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 114th S. 1424 Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015 D · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]