3.0.0 7234 2019-11-15T21:18:03Z 2019-11-15T21:18:03Z House H HR 2008-09-29 110 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif15 Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2008-09-29T19:59:43Z Referred to 2008-09-29T12:02:20Z 2008-09-29 hsif15 Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. Committee 2008-09-29 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2008-09-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001154 Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13] Brad Miller D NC 13 N Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental health Environmental regulatory procedures Government information and archives Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Health information and medical records Medical research Research administration and funding Environmental Protection 00 2008-09-29 Introduced in House 2009-02-07T16:58:55Z Integrated Risk Information System Authorization Act - Requires the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain a publicly accessible database of scientific information on the toxicity of chemicals, including hazard identification, dose response assessments, reference doses, and other information that would facilitate the development of risk assessments.

Requires the Assistant Administrator to: (1) publish final assessments for at least 15 new chemicals per year and at least five updates to existing assessments per year; (2) solicit nominations for chemical assessments; (3) issue a list of chemicals proposed for assessment two years prior to initiation of the assessment, which shall be made available on the database within four years of its appearance on such list; (4) determine the information to be used to assess chemicals and establish a process for reviewing chemical assessments prior to their inclusion on the database; (5) ensure that federal agencies with real or perceived conflicts of interests do not participate in the development or internal review of chemical assessments; and (6) finalize and publish within six months chemical assessments that have been in development for Integrated Risk Information System entries prior to this Act's enactment.

Declares that such list is not subject to review or approval by other federal agencies or officials. Requires the Assistant Administrator to develop and review chemical assessments without review by the President and to publish final assessments without prior review by the President or other federal agencies or officials. Prohibits the preparation and review of chemical assessments from being subject to the provisions of Bulletin No. 07-02, Final Bulletin for Agency Good Guidance Practices, and the Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

]]> Integrated Risk Information System Authorization Act Short Titles as Introduced Integrated Risk Information System Authorization Act Display Title Integrated Risk Information System Authorization Act Official Title as Introduced To increase research, the synthesis of research findings, and the production of scientific information on chemicals, and to expedite the listing of information in the Integrated Risk Information System maintained by the Office of Research and Development of the Environmental Protection Agency. Introduced in House 2008-09-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr7234ih/xml/BILLS-110hr7234ih.xml 2008-09-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. 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.