Placed on Calendar Senate — H.R. 1442

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.

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.