94 STAT. 344
PUBLIC LAW 96-242—MAY 5, 1980 Public Law 96-242 96th Congress An Act
May 5, 1980 [H.R. 4197] Wool Products Labeling Act, amendment. 15 USC 68.
Repeal.
15 USC 68b.
Effective date. 15 USC 68 note.
-po amend the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 with respect to recycled wool.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 2(c) of the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 (54 Stat. 1128) is amended to read as follows: "(c) The term 'recycled wool' means (1) the resulting fiber when wool has been woven or felted into a wool product which, without ever having been utilized in any way by the ultimate consumer, subsequently has been made into a fibrous state, or (2) the resulting fiber when wool or reprocessed wool has been spun, woven, knitted, or felted into a wool product which, after having been used in any way by the ultimate consumer, subsequently has been made into a fibrous state.". (b) Subsection (d) of section 2 of the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 is repealed. (c) Subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i) of section 2 of the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 and all references thereto are redesignated as subsections (d), (e), (0, (g), and (h), respectively. (d) Section 2(d) of such Act, as redesignated by subsection (c) of this section, is amended by striking out ', reprocessed wool, or reused wool" and inserting in lieu thereof "or recycled wool". SEC. 2. Section 4(a)(2)(A) of the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 is amended— (1) by striking out "(2) reprocessed wool; (3) reused wool" and inserting in lieu thereof "(2) recycled wool"; (2) by striking out "(4)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(3)"; and (3) by striking out "(5)" and by inserting in lieu thereof "(4)", SEC. 3. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect with respect to wool products manufactured on or after the date sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved May 5, 1980.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 96-795 (Comm. on Interstate and Foreign Commerce). SENATE REPORT No. 96-655 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transportation). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 126 (1980): Mar. 11, considered and passed House. Apr. 23, considered and passed Senate.
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