HR 1442
Advanced toward a vote
Treats consumer products containing 10 percent or more sodium nitrite by weight as banned hazardous products under the Consumer Product Safety Act, starting 90 days after enactment.
Official title: To ban the sale of products with a high concentration of sodium nitrite to individuals, and for other purposes.
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
18-FEB-2025
Referred
18-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
08-APR-2025
Reported
24-APR-2025
On the calendar
24-APR-2025
Passed
29-APR-2025
Senate
Received
30-APR-2025
On the calendar
16-JUL-2025
- Defines a high concentration of sodium nitrite as 10 or more percent by weight.
- Applies the ban under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act to consumer products containing that concentration.
- Does not reach commercial or industrial uses that are not customarily sold to or used by consumers.
- Excludes drugs, devices, cosmetics, food, poultry, meat, and egg products already covered by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and related food inspection laws.
- Takes effect 90 days after enactment.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (18-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 29-APR-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
Commerce
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