Youth Poisoning Protection Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1442 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1442

A bill to ban the sale of products with a high concentration of sodium 
            nitrate to individuals, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 18, 2025

  Mrs. Trahan (for herself, Mr. Carey, and Mr. Neguse) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
A bill to ban the sale of products with a high concentration of sodium 
            nitrate 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 sections 201(g), (h), and (i) 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 sections 4(e) and (f) 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.
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