Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5373 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5373 To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the manufacture, processing, use, and distribution in commerce of commercial asbestos and mixtures and articles containing commercial asbestos, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 16, 2025 Ms. Bonamici (for herself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the manufacture, processing, use, and distribution in commerce of commercial asbestos and mixtures and articles containing commercial asbestos, and for other purposes. 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 ``Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. COMMERCIAL ASBESTOS BAN AND REPORTING. Section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2605) is amended-- (1) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k); and (2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following: ``(j) Asbestos.-- ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection: ``(A) Commercial asbestos.--The term `commercial asbestos' means the asbestiform varieties of the following, if extracted and processed for their commercial value: ``(i) Chrysotile (serpentine). ``(ii) Crocidolite (riebeckite). ``(iii) Amosite (cummingtonite-grunerite). ``(iv) Anthophyllite. ``(v) Tremolite. ``(vi) Actinolite. ``(vii) Richterite. ``(viii) Winchite. ``(B) Distribute in commerce; distribution in commerce.-- ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii), the terms `distribute in commerce' and `distribution in commerce' have th