Rep. Jim Moran (Democrat-Virginia) and Sen. Robert Menendez (Democrat-New Jersey) introduced on 19 May legislation (H.R. 2480 and S. 1076) that would amend the Fur Product Labeling Act to require the labelling of all fur garments, regardless of value. According to Moran, the bill would close a loophole in the FPLA that exempts fur-trimmed garments from the labelling requirements. Specifically, the FPLA exempts any garments with a "relatively small quantity or value" of fur, meaning any animal fur valued at US$150 or less used as trim.

While this exemption does not apply to dog or cat fur, whose importation is banned under U.S. law, Moran and others are concerned that certain garments incorporating dog or cat fur trim are still being imported into the U.S. According to the Humane Society, there is evidence that dog fur is being labelled as "coyote" in certain garments while real fur is being labelled as "faux fur." The Humane Society also claims that raccoon dogs are commonly skinned alive for their fur in mainland China. In addition, a Moran press release notes that 96 percent of the fur-trimmed jackets subjected by spectrometry testing by Humane Society investigators were found to contain domestic dog, wolf or raccoon dog fur and were either mislabelled or not labelled at all.

Several states - including New York, Massachusetts and Wisconsin - already require all real fur and fur-trimmed clothing sold within their jurisdictions to be labelled as "real fur" and all garments made with fake fur to be labelled "faux fur."