3.0.0 908 2019-11-15T21:56:04Z 2019-11-15T21:56:04Z Senate S S 2005-04-26 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-04-26T21:42:34Z Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act of 2005 109 554 HR 2005-10-21 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 254. Related bill CRS 2005-04-26 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4261-4262) IntroReferral 2005-04-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000355 Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] Mitch McConnell R KY N P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2005-09-29 False H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2005-10-06 False N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2005-10-06 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2005-11-02 False G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2005-11-17 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2005-12-13 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2005-12-19 False C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2006-01-25 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2006-02-02 False E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2006-02-07 False D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. 2006-02-09 False S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2006-03-02 False C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2006-04-04 False B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2006-04-04 False L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2006-04-07 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2006-04-25 False A000109 Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] A. ALLARD R CO WAYNE 2006-04-26 False V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2006-04-27 False T000024 Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO] JIM TALENT R MO 2006-05-12 False A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2006-09-12 False B001066 Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY] JIM BUNNING R KY 2006-09-12 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2006-09-12 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2006-09-12 False G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2006-09-12 False H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2006-09-12 False S000059 Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] RICK SANTORUM R PA 2006-09-12 False C000858 Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] LARRY CRAIG R ID EDWIN 2006-09-25 False H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2006-09-25 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2006-09-25 False D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2006-09-28 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2006-11-14 False Law Agriculture and Food Civil actions and liability Commerce Damages Discovery (Law) Food industry Government Operations and Politics Health Injunctions Jurisdiction Liability (Law) Obesity Products liability Retail trade State courts Trade associations Law 00 2005-04-26 Introduced in Senate 2005-06-21T20:07:20Z Commonsense Consumption Act of 2005 - Prohibits new and dismisses pending civil actions by any person against a manufacturer, marketer, distributor, advertiser, or seller of food or a trade association for any injury related to a person's accumulated acts of consumption of food and weight gain, obesity, or any associated health condition, excluding actions alleging: (1) a breach of express contract or express warranty provided that the grounds of recovery are unrelated to a person's weight gain, obesity, or related health condition; (2) a knowing violation of a federal or state statute applicable to the marketing, advertisement, or labeling of food with intent for a person to rely on that violation, where such person relied on that violation, and where such reliance was the proximate cause of injury related to that person's weight gain, obesity, or related health condition; or (3) a violation brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under the Federal Trade Commission Act or by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

Requires in any excluded action: (1) a stay of discovery during the pendency of any motion to dismiss, unless necessary to preserve evidence or to prevent undue prejudice; and (2) evidence preservation during the stay. Requires the complaint in such an action to plead with particularity: (1) each element of the cause of action; (2) the Federal and State statutes that were allegedly violated; (3) the specific facts alleged to constitute the violation of law; and (4) the specific facts that are alleged to have caused the claimed injury.

]]> Commonsense Consumption Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Commonsense Consumption Act of 2005 Display Title Commonsense Consumption Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to allow Congress, State legislatures, and regulatory agencies to determine appropriate laws, rules, and regulations to address the problems of weight gain, obesity, and health conditions associated with weight gain or obesity. Introduced in Senate 2005-04-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s908is/xml/BILLS-109s908is.xml 2005-04-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4261-4262) 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.