Also tagged in: Bioaccumulation, Blood, Business, Business records, Chemical industries, Chemistry, Child health, Child safety, Children, Consumer education, Consumer goods, Consumers, Data banks, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Foreign policy, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Hazardous substances, Health surveys, Immune system, Import restrictions, International affairs, International cooperation, Medical care, Medical tests, Medicine, Product safety, Standards, Technology, Toxicology, Trade
Latest Action: 05/20/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill TextA bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the exposure of children, workers, and consumers to toxic chemical substances. 5/20/2008--Introduced. Kid-Safe Chemicals Act of 2008 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to require each manufacturer of a chemical substance distributed in commerce to submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): (1) a statement certifying that the substance meets required safety standards or that there is insufficient data to make such determination; and (2) all reasonably available information concerning the substance not previously submitted. Requires manufacturers to update such information at least every three years or at any time new information becomes available on a substance's toxicity. Requires manufacturers to provide chemical safety information upon the Administrator's request.Prohibits the manufacture, importation, or distribution in commerce of a chemical substance if the Administrator [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Bioaccumulation, Blood, Business, Business records, Chemical industries, Chemistry, Child health, Child safety, Children, Consumer education, Consumer goods, Consumers, Data banks, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Foreign policy, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Hazardous substances, Health surveys, Immune system, Import restrictions, International affairs, International cooperation, Medical care, Medical tests, Medicine, Product safety, Standards, Technology, Toxicology, Trade
Latest Action: 05/21/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. Bill TextTo amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the exposure of children, workers, and consumers to toxic chemical substances. 5/20/2008--Introduced. Kid-Safe Chemicals Act of 2008 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to require each manufacturer of a chemical substance distributed in commerce to submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): (1) a statement certifying that the substance meets required safety standards or that there is insufficient data to make such determination; and (2) all reasonably available information concerning the substance not previously submitted. Requires manufacturers to update such information at least every three years or at any time new information becomes available on a substance's toxicity. Requires manufacturers to provide chemical safety information upon the Administrator's request.Prohibits the manufacture, importation, or distribution in commerce of a chemical substance if the Administrator [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Animals, Budgets, Child health, Children, Ecological research, Environmental estrogens, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Environmental research, Environmental technology, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to research, Foreign policy, Health education, Health policy, International affairs, International cooperation in science, Medical care, Medical research, Medicine, Natural resources, Pollution control, Research and development, Science policy, Technology, Wildlife conservation, Women, Women's health
Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to conduct and coordinate a research program on hormone disruption, and for other purposes. 4/15/2008--Introduced. Environmental Hormone Disruption Research Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to establish a comprehensive program to: (1) research the health effects on women and children that may result through disruption of the hormone systems; (2) carry out research, development, and demonstrations on technologies to mitigate the occurrence of hormone-disrupting pollutants in the environment and their unintended effects on ecological and wildlife health, in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey (USGS); and (3) coordinate U.S. research on hormone disruption with research conducted in other nations.Requires the program to provide for: (1) the collection [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2364-2365; text as passed Senate: CR S2364-2365; text of measure as introduced: CR S2363) Bill TextA resolution designating April 8, 2008, as "National Cushing's Syndrome Awareness Day". 4/2/2008--Passed Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates April 8, 2008, as National Cushing's Syndrome Awareness Day.
Latest Action: 01/14/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Controlled Substances Act to add human growth hormone to schedule III. 12/19/2007--Introduced. Human Growth Hormone Restriction Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to classify as a Schedule III controlled substance growth hormone, recombinant human growth hormone, or human growth hormone.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Business, Children, Department of Justice, Drug abuse, Drugs and youth, Electronic commerce, Executive departments, Fines (Penalties), Grocery trade, Identification devices, Internet, Law, Pharmacies, Retail trade, Steroids, Technology, Telecommunication
Latest Action: 12/13/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextA bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to prevent the abuse of dehydroepiandrosterone, and for other purposes. 12/13/2007--Introduced. Dehydroepiandrosterone Abuse Reduction Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to impose civil penalties for knowingly selling, causing another to sell, or conspiring to sell a product containing dehydroepiandrosterone to an individual under the age of 18 years, including any such sale using the Internet.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Aged, Alternative medicine, Consumer education, Consumers, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor, Department of the Treasury, Drugs, Employee health benefits, Estrogen, Executive departments, Federal employees, Finance, Government employees, Government employees' health insurance, Health insurance, Health policy, Informed consent (Medical law), Labor, Law, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical research, Medicare, Medicinal plants, Medicine, Menopause, Retiree health benefits, Science policy, Sex hormones, Veterans, Veterans' medical care, Welfare, Women, Women veterans, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 07/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo provide for coverage of hormone replacement therapy for treatment of menopausal symptoms, and for coverage of an alternative therapy for hormone replacement therapy for such symptoms, under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs, group health plans and individual health insurance coverage, and other Federal health insurance programs. 3/29/2007--Introduced. .Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapies and Alternative Treatments and Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the Social Security Act to include coverage of hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms and alternative treatments for such therapy under Medicare (title XVIII of the Act). Includes alternative treatments for hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms under Medicaid (title XIX of the Act).Requires coverage of hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms and alternative treatments for such therapy on the same basis as outpatient prescription drugs under: (1) the Public Health Service Act [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/27/2007 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3981; text as passed Senate: CR S3981; text of measure as introduced: CR S3846) Bill TextA resolution designating April 8, 2007 as "National Cushing's Syndrome Awareness Day". 3/27/2007--Introduced. Designates April 8, 2007, as National Cushing's Syndrome Awareness Day.
Also tagged in: Criminal justice, Drug abuse, Drug law enforcement, Drug traffic, Drugs and athletes, Medical care, Medical ethics, Medicine, Physicians, Sports, Steroids
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextA bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to add human growth hormone to schedule III, to prohibit the sale of prescriptions for controlled substances for illegitimate purposes, and for other purposes. 3/14/2007--Introduced. Controlling the Abuse of Prescriptions Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to add growth hormone, recombinant human growth hormone, or human growth hormone as a schedule III controlled substance; and (2) establish a good faith standard for practitioners in dispensing prescriptions of controlled substances.
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