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H.R. 4148: Humane Cosmetics Act

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H.R. 4148: Humane Cosmetics Act

113th Congress · introduced 2014-03-05 · Animals · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-03-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Humane Cosmetics Act

Plain summary

Humane Cosmetics Act - Prohibits: (1) any entity from conducting or contracting for cosmetic animal testing in the United States, in or affecting interstate commerce, effective on the date that is one year after enactment of this Act; and (2) selling, offering for sale, or transporting in interstate commerce any cosmetic if the final product or any component was developed or manufactured using cosmetic animal testing conducted or contracted for after such date, effective three years after this Act's enactment.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Humane Cosmetics Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] · 56 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Judy Chu (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), James A. Himes (D-CT), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), John B. Larson (D-CT), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Kathy Castor (D-FL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr4148 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113