Defending Our National Marine Sanctuaries from Damaging Chemicals Act of 2019

Defending Our National Marine Sanctuaries from Damaging Chemicals Act of 2019

This bill prohibits the use of sunscreen containing oxybenzone or octinoxate in a National Marine Sanctuary that contains coral.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1834 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1834

 To direct the Secretary of Commerce to issue regulations prohibiting 
the use of sunscreen containing oxybenzone or octinoxate in a National 
  Marine Sanctuary in which coral is present, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2019

Mr. Rooney of Florida (for himself and Ms. Mucarsel-Powell) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Commerce to issue regulations prohibiting 
the use of sunscreen containing oxybenzone or octinoxate in a National 
  Marine Sanctuary in which coral is present, 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 Act may be cited as the ``Defending Our National Marine 
Sanctuaries from Damaging Chemicals Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF OXYBENZONE AND OCTINOXATE.

    The Secretary of Commerce shall issue regulations prohibiting use, 
including application to another individual, of sunscreen containing 
oxybenzone or octinoxate in a National Marine Sanctuary in which coral 
is present.
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