[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 1442 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 116
119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1442


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 30, 2025

                                Received

                             July 16, 2025

                 Read twice and placed on the calendar

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                                 AN ACT


 
To ban the sale of products with a high concentration of sodium nitrite 
                to individuals, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Youth Poisoning Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. BANNING OF PRODUCTS CONTAINING A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF SODIUM 
              NITRITE.

    (a) In General.--Any consumer product containing a high 
concentration of sodium nitrite shall be considered to be a banned 
hazardous product under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2057).
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to--
            (1) prohibit any commercial or industrial purpose in which 
        high concentration sodium nitrite is not customarily produced 
        or distributed for sale to, or use or consumption by, or 
        enjoyment of, a consumer; and
            (2) apply to high concentration sodium nitrite that meets 
        the definition of a drug, device, or cosmetic (as such terms 
        are defined in subsections (g), (h), and (i) of section 201 of 
        the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(g), 
        (h), and (i))), or food (as defined in section 201(f) of such 
        Act (21 U.S.C. 321(f))), including poultry and poultry products 
        (as such terms are defined in subsections (e) and (f) of 
        section 4 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 
        453(e)and (f))), meat and meat food products (as such terms are 
        defined in section 1(j) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 
        U.S.C. 601(j))), and eggs and egg products (as such terms are 
        defined in section 4 of the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 
        U.S.C. 1033)).
    (c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) Consumer product.--The term ``consumer product'' has 
        the meaning given that term under section 3(a)(5) of the 
        Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(5)).
            (2) High concentration of sodium nitrite.--The term ``high 
        concentration of sodium nitrite'' means a concentration of 10 
        or more percent by weight of sodium nitrite.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 29, 2025.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.
                                                       Calendar No. 116

119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1442

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

To ban the sale of products with a high concentration of sodium nitrite 
                to individuals, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 16, 2025

                 Read twice and placed on the calendar