1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2023 . 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 fibers 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 the meanings given the terms in section 3. (ii) Exclusions The terms distribute in commerce and distribution in commerce do not include, with respect to commercial asbestos— (I) end-use of a mixture or article containing commercial asbestos and installed in a building or other structure before the date of enactment of the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2023 ; or (II) distribution of a mixture or article containing commercial asbestos solely for the purpose of disposal of the mixture or article in compliance with applicable Federal, State, and local requirements. (C) Mixture or article containing commercial asbestos The term mixture or article containing commercial asbestos does not include a mixture or article in which commercial asbestos is present solely as an impurity (as defined in section 720.3 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)). (2) Applicability (A) In general The prohibitions, requirements, and definition of the term commercial asbestos in this subsection shall— (i) apply only— (I) to chemical substances; and (II) for purposes of regulating chemical substances under this Act