3.0.0 1406 2023-01-13T04:50:25Z 2023-01-13T04:50:25Z Senate S S 2005-07-14 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-07-14T22:10:08Z Respirator Access Assurance Act of 2005 109 2357 HR 2005-10-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8953) Related bill CRS 2005-07-14 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2005-07-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8320-8321) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-07-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2006-03-14 False Law Bribery Commerce Crime and Law Enforcement Environmental Protection Federal employees Federal officials Federal preemption Fraud Government Operations and Politics Health Labeling Labor and Employment Licenses Limitation of actions Local laws Misconduct in office Occupational health and safety Products liability Respiratory diseases Safety appliances State laws Warning labels Law 00 2005-07-14 Introduced in Senate 2005-09-23T21:27:51Z Respirator Access Assurance Act of 2005 - States that manufacturers or sellers of respirators shall not be subject to claims for defective design or warning, or any claims based on such allegations, if the respirator in question received National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) approval and was manufactured in compliance with NIOSH-approved design and labeling in effect on the date of manufacture.

Provides for withdrawal of a previous NIOSH approval of a respirator on grounds of misrepresentation of material information or bribery of a NIOSH officer or employee (thus subjecting the manufacturer or seller to liability for a claim).

Preempts all state and local laws with regard to such claims.

Makes this Act applicable to any civil action in federal or state court for harm allegedly caused by a respirator, respirator manufacturer, or respirator seller.

Applies this Act to any action than has not proceeded to trial as of the date of enactment.

]]> Respirator Access Assurance Act of 2005 Display Title Respirator Access Assurance Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to protect American workers and responders by ensuring the continued commercial availability of respirators and to establish rules governing product liability actions against manufacturers and sellers of respirators. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Respirator Access Assurance Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-07-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1406is/xml/BILLS-109s1406is.xml 2005-07-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.