S.Amdt. 2915

SA 2915. Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Curtis) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2296, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. 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 sections 201(g), (h), and (i) 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 sections 4(e) and (f)
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.
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