Bill Details
HR.1442 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-07-16 - Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 116.
Introduced Date
2025-02-18
Policy Area
Commerce
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This bill would make consumer products with a very high amount of sodium nitrite illegal to sell as ordinary consumer goods. It is aimed at reducing the risk of poisoning, especially among young people. The bill says that products containing 10% or more sodium nitrite by weight would be treated as banned hazardous products under federal consumer safety law. It also makes clear that the rule is not meant to interfere with normal industrial or commercial uses, or with certain foods, drugs, cosmetics, and similar products already covered by other laws. The rule would begin 90 days after the bill becomes law.
- Products with 10% or more sodium nitrite by weight would be considered banned hazardous consumer products.
- The ban applies to consumer products sold to the public, not to ordinary industrial or commercial uses where the substance is not usually sold for consumer use.
- The bill does not cover products that are regulated as drugs, devices, cosmetics, or foods, including meat, poultry, and egg products.
- The new rule would take effect 90 days after enactment.
Official Summaries
Youth Poisoning Protection Act
This bill makes a consumer product with a concentration of sodium nitrite of 10% or greater a banned hazardous product.
The restriction does not apply to specified drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, or food products.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1442 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
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Calendar No. 116
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1442
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 30, 2025
Received
July 16, 2025
Read twice and placed on the calendar
_______________________________________________________________________
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