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# 42 U.S.C. § 14334 - Limitations on sale of button cell mercuric-oxide batteries

## Text

No person shall sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional purposes any button cell mercuric-oxide battery for use in the United States on or after May 13, 1996.

(Pub. L. 104–142, title II, § 205, May 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 1336.)