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                     114TH CONGRESS                                           REPORT
                        1st Session     HOUSE   OF REPRESENTATIVES            114-371







                                MICROBEAD-FREE WATERS ACT OF 2015




                     DECEMBER  7, 2015.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
                                        of the Union and ordered to be printed




                         Mr.  UPTON,  from the Committee   on Energy  and  Commerce,
                                           submitted   the following



                                               REPORT


                                             [To accompany H.R. 1321]

                               [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                       The  Committee   on Energy  and  Commerce,   to whom   was referred
                     the bill (H.R. 1321) to prohibit the sale or distribution of cosmetics
                     containing  synthetic  plastic  microbeads,  having   considered  the
                     same,  report favorably  thereon with  amendments and recommend
                     that the bill as amended  do pass.

                                                   CONTENTS

                                                                                        Page
                     Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................  2
                     Background and Need for  Legislation  ...................................................................  2
                     H earings ...................................................................................................................  3
                     Com m ittee  Consideration  ........................................................................................  3
                     C om m ittee  V otes  ......................................................................................................  3
                     Com m ittee  Oversight  Findings  ..............................................................................  3
                     Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ...................................  3
                     New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures .............       3
                     Earmark, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ............................  4
                     Com m ittee  Cost  Estim ate  .......................................................................................  4
                     Congressional Budget Office   Estimate  ...................................................................  4
                     Federal M andates  Statem  ent  .................................................................................  5
                     Duplication of Federal Program s  ............................................................................  5
                     Disclosure of Directed  Rule  M akings  .....................................................................  5
                     Advisory Com m ittee  Statem ent  ..............................................................................  6
                     Applicability  to  Legislative  Branch  .......................................................................  6
                     Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation .....................................................  6
                     Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .....................................  6

                       The  amendments areas follows:
                       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:


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