H.R. 7181House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Replacement Parts Availability Act

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The Replacement Parts Availability Act amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to clarify that replacement parts for complex durable and consumer goods made before a new rule is published are generally exempt from regulation. It allows the EPA administrator to regulate such parts only if a risk evaluation shows they significantly increase risk to the public or a vulnerable group, and it sets a minimum ten‑year transition period for any new restrictions. The bill also protects the upstream supply chain needed to make those exempt parts and makes minor technical wording fixes to TSCA.

Key Provisions

Replacement parts for complex durable and consumer goods designed before a rule’s publication are automatically exempt from TSCA regulation.
The EPA may regulate a replacement part only if a risk evaluation finds it significantly raises risk to the general population or a specific vulnerable subpopulation, and the agency makes a written determination supported by substantial evidence.
When a part is excluded from a risk evaluation, any rule issued serves as the final agency action confirming that exemption.
The EPA cannot prohibit the manufacture, processing, or import of chemicals needed to make exempt replacement parts, and must limit such activities to the part’s manufacturer.
Any new prohibition or restriction on these replacement parts must include a transition period of at least ten years.
Minor technical corrections are made to the language of TSCA in Section 3.

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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce Committee

January 21, 2026

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Introduced in House

January 21, 2026

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce Committee

January 21, 2026

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Introduced in HouseIssued January 21, 2026

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 7181

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 21, 2026

Mr. Hudson (for himself and Mr. Balderson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the exemption for replacement parts, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Replacement Parts Availability Act.

Replacement parts

(a)

In general

Section 6(c)(2)(D) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2605(c)(2)(D)) is amended—

(1)

by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (vi); and

(2)

in clause (i), to read as follows:

(i)

In general

The Administrator shall exempt replacement parts for complex durable goods and complex consumer goods that are designed prior to the date of publication in the Federal Register of the rule under subsection (a).

(ii)

Exception

The Administrator may only regulate replacement parts if the Administrator—

(I)

finds through the risk evaluation conducted under subsection (b)(4)(A) that such replacement parts contribute significantly to the risk to the general population or to an identified potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulation; and

(II)

makes an express written determination for such replacement parts, supported by substantial evidence in the risk evaluation, that the replacement part alone contributes significantly to the risk to the general population or to an identified potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulation.

(iii)

Clarification

When replacement parts are excluded from a risk evaluation under subsection (b), any rule issued under subsection (a) shall constitute final agency action for the exclusion of replacement parts for complex durable goods or complex consumer goods that were designed prior to the date of publication of such rule.

(iv)

Upstream supply

(I)

The Administrator shall not prohibit the manufacture, processing, or import of a chemical substance to the extent that such chemical substance is necessary for the manufacture of replacement parts exempted under this section.

(II)

The Administrator shall establish procedures to ensure that such manufacture, processing, or import is limited exclusively to the manufacturer of replacement parts.

(v)

Transition period

Any prohibition or restriction on replacement parts for complex durable goods permitted under this subparagraph shall allow for a transition period of not less than 10 years.

(b)

Technical corrections

Section 3 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2602) is amended:

(1)

In paragraph (1), by striking the term and inserting The term; and

(2)

In paragraph 15(B)(i), by striking are and inserting is.