By Kenneth Artz (KArtz@heartland.org) research fellow for health policy at The Heartland

Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) introduced the Safe Cosmetics Modernization Act (SCMA) in the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2015.

Sessions said in a statement given while introducing the bill that it would streamline and strengthen consumer safety requirements without “strangling small businesses in the cosmetic industry with onerous regulations.”

“[SCMA] creates uniform standards and provides entrepreneurs and innovators in the cosmetic industry with the opportunities they need to compete in both national and international marketplaces by modernizing outdated regulations,” said Sessions in his statement.

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