[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 891 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 891

   To ensure that domestic dog and cat fur is prohibited from being 
  imported, exported, manufactured, sold, or advertised in the United 
 States and to require the labeling of all fur products under the Fur 
                         Products Labeling Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 2007

Mr. Moran of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. George Miller of 
 California, Mr. Shays, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Ms. Schakowsky, 
   Mr. Saxton, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Stark, Mr. 
Sherman, Mr. Platts, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Wilson 
 of South Carolina, Mr. Campbell of California, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Cohen, 
  Mr. Marchant, Mr. Nadler, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Berman, Mr. Waxman, Ms. 
Hirono, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Filner, 
 Ms. Lee, and Mr. Smith of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition 
      to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To ensure that domestic dog and cat fur is prohibited from being 
  imported, exported, manufactured, sold, or advertised in the United 
 States and to require the labeling of all fur products under the Fur 
                         Products Labeling Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Dog and Cat Fur Prohibition 
Enforcement Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING ANY CAT OR DOG FUR PRODUCT FROM BEING IMPORTED, 
              EXPORTED, MANUFACTURED, SOLD, OR ADVERTISED IN THE UNITED 
              STATES.

    (a) Domestic Cat.--Section 308(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1308(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``Felis catus'' and inserting 
``Felis silvestris catus (or any species commonly known as a domestic 
cat)''.
    (b) Domestic Dog and Raccoon Dog.--Section 308(a)(5) of such Act 
(19 U.S.C. 1308(a)(5)) is amended by striking ``Canis familiaris'' and 
inserting the following: ``Canis lupus familiaris (or any species 
commonly known as a domestic dog) or of any animal of the species 
Nyctereutes procyonoides (or any species commonly known as a raccoon 
dog)''.

SEC. 3. REQUIRING LABELING OF ALL FUR PRODUCTS.

    Section 2(d) of the Fur Products Labeling Act (15 U.S.C. 69(d)) is 
amended by striking ``; except that'' and all that follows through 
``contained therein''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by sections 2 and 3 shall take effect 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act.
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