In general
No State or political subdivision of a State may establish or continue in effect any law, regulation, order, or other requirement for cosmetics that is different from or in addition to, or otherwise not identical with, any requirement applicable under this subchapter with respect to registration and product listing, good manufacturing practice, records, recalls, adverse event reporting, or safety substantiation.
Limitation
Nothing in the amendments to this chapter made by the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 shall be construed to preempt any State statute, public initiative, referendum, regulation, or other State action, except as expressly provided in subsection (a). Notwithstanding subsection (a), nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any State from prohibiting the use or limiting the amount of an ingredient in a cosmetic product, or from continuing in effect a requirement of any State that is in effect at the time of enactment of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 for the reporting to the State of an ingredient in a cosmetic product.
Savings
Nothing in the amendments to this chapter made by the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022, nor any standard, rule, requirement, regulation, or adverse event report shall be construed to modify, preempt, or displace any action for damages or the liability of any person under the law of any State, whether statutory or based in common law.
Rule of construction
section 379s of this titleNothing in this section shall be construed to amend, expand, or limit the provisions under .
June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 614Pub. L. 117–328, div. FF, title III, § 3502136 Stat. 5857(, as added , , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Pub. L. 117–328The amendments to this chapter made by the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022, referred to in subsecs. (b) and (c), means the amendments made by subtitle E (§§ 3501–3508) of title III of div. FF of , which enacted this section and sections 364 to 364i of this title and amended sections 331, 361, 362, 374, and 381 of this title.
Pub. L. 117–328The time of enactment of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022, referred to in subsec. (b), probably means the date of enactment of subtitle E (§§ 3501–3508) of title III of div. FF of , which was approved .
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Construction; Confidentiality
section 3502 of Pub. L. 117–328section 331(j) of this titlesection 1905 of title 18section 552(b)(4) of title 5section 3503(c)(2) of Pub. L. 117–328section 364 of this titleNothing in , which enacted this section, to be construed to authorize the disclosure of information that is prohibited from disclosure under or or that is subject to withholding under , see , set out as a note under .