Professional cosmetics with health hazards would need multilingual safety sheets

The Labor Department would require businesses to provide product safety sheets. The requirements would cover makers, importers, distributors, and employers using professional cosmetics. Makers and importers would post sheets for professional cosmetics containing ingredients classified as health hazards. They would post sheets in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Korean, with other languages available on request. Employers would keep sheets for every professional cosmetic used at work and provide exposed employees access and requested translations. The Labor Department would issue the standard within 18 months after enactment.

FDA would regulate synthetic braids as cosmetics and set safety standards for their use. Products failing the standards would count as improperly labeled unless warnings appeared on their labeling, packaging, and manufacturer's website. States and local governments could require stronger protections or disclosures for synthetic braids. FDA would issue rules, including safety standards, within one year after enactment.

Federal health officials would conduct or fund studies of cosmetic chemicals linked to health problems. Studies would focus on cosmetics marketed to women and girls of color and cosmetics used by professional nail, hair, and beauty salon workers. Eligible grant recipients would include accredited colleges, community groups, and organizations with relevant expertise. Other organizations would need expertise working with communities of color; salon research grants would also allow expertise working with immigrant populations. The authorized research money would need separate spending approval. Funding would be authorized from the fiscal year of enactment through the fifth fiscal year beginning after enactment.

Federal health officials would award grants to research safer cosmetic chemicals. Research would aim to design cosmetic chemicals that are not toxic by nature or linked to harmful health effects. Priority would go to replacing chemicals in salon products or products marketed to women and girls of color, or helping minority-owned cosmetic companies that make and market products to women or girls of color or professional salon workers develop safer formulas. The authorized $10 million would need separate spending approval. Funding would be authorized from the fiscal year of enactment through the fifth fiscal year beginning after enactment.

Federal health officials would award grants for two national centers focused on unsafe cosmetic chemical exposure. The centers would focus on beauty safety and salon worker safety, addressing exposures among communities of color and other underserved groups. Recipients would be community groups or other nonprofits focused on eliminating harmful chemical exposures and working with culturally and linguistically diverse minority communities. Each center's authorized $2 million yearly funding would need separate spending approval. Funding would be authorized for fiscal years 2026 through 2030.