3.0.0 1939 2023-01-15T09:03:28Z 2023-01-15T09:03:28Z Senate S S 2003-11-24 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-11-24T21:18:58Z Mercury Health Advisory Act of 2004 108 4762 HR 2004-07-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2003-11-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2003-11-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT N B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2004-06-01 False Health Agriculture and Food Animals Breast feeding Child health Commerce Communication in medicine Consumer education Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Families Federal-state relations Fish inspection Fishery products Fishes Fishing Food industry Food safety Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publications Government publicity Grants-in-aid Health education Health warnings Labeling Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Medical research Mercury Pollution measurement Pregnant women Public Lands and Natural Resources Public service advertising Restaurants Risk Science, Technology, Communications Seafood Signs and signboards Sports and Recreation Telephone Water Resources Development Women Women's health Health 00 2003-11-24 Introduced in Senate 2004-11-03T16:10:39Z Mercury Health Advisory Act of 2003 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs jointly to develop fish consumption advisories for methyl-mercury in fish.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) prepare and distribute to health professionals (and others upon request) a consumer's mercury advisory notice regarding the health risks of fish consumption; and (2) establish a toll-free number for individuals who desire additional information.

Requires the Administrator to prepare and distribute to specified State entities and applicants for fishing licenses (and others upon request) a consumer's guide to mercury, including a health advisory for the consumption of recreationally-caught fish.

Requires the Secretary to work with States and other entities to: (1) develop and distribute standardized advisories, including consumption advisories and health warnings, regarding the presence of methyl-mercury in seafood; and (2) design and implement a related national public education program.

Directs the Commissioner to resume the Food and Drug Administration's seafood methyl-mercury monitoring sampling program.

Requires the Secretary, within one year of enactment of this Act, to finalize the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point assessment to determine whether methyl-mercury exposure through fish consumption is a public health hazard.

]]> Mercury Health Advisory Act of 2003 Display Title Mercury Health Advisory Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that the public is provided adequate notice and education on the effects of exposure to mercury through the development of health advisories and by requiring that such appropriate advisories be posted, or made readily available, at all businesses that sell fresh, frozen, and canned fish and seafood where the potential for mercury exposure exists. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Mercury Health Advisory Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-11-24T05:00:00Z 2003-11-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.