PCPC: Cosmetic Legislation A Long Shot In 2016, But Objectives Are Clear

The Personal Care Products Council isn't counting on the Personal Care Products Safety Act to pass in 2016, but compromise efforts to reconcile that bill and the Cosmetic Modernization Amendments supported by small business could be the ticket to reform in the 115th Congress, the trade group suggests. PCPC execs discussed the current legislative landscape at the group's annual meeting in Palm Beach, Florida.

Federal cosmetics legislation with the best chance at passing likely will be a compromise between the two reform bills currently pending on Capitol Hill, which likely will have to wait for the next Congress, according to Personal Care Products Council leadership.

The Personal Care Products Safety Act and Cosmetic Modernization Amendments of 2015, introduced last year in the Senate and House, respectively, "have many, many similarities," PCPC's Executive Vice President of Government Affairs John Hurson noted Feb

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