[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 5 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 5

   Expressing the sense of the Congress that any Federal agency that 
   utilizes the Draize rabbit eye irritancy test should develop and 
validate alternative ophthalmic testing procedures that do not require 
                    the use of animal test subjects.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

  Mr. Jacobs submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of the Congress that any Federal agency that 
   utilizes the Draize rabbit eye irritancy test should develop and 
validate alternative ophthalmic testing procedures that do not require 
                    the use of animal test subjects.

Whereas the Draize rabbit eye irritancy test has long been used by various 
        Federal agencies for predicting human opththalmic response to pesticides 
        and toxic chemicals, household cleaning solvents, some medicinal 
        products, and other hazardous substances;
Whereas the Draize test causes significant pain to the albino rabbit which is 
        used in each irritancy test; and
Whereas the reliability of the Draize test has been called into question: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that the Department of Health and 
Human Services, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the 
Environmental Protection Agency, and any other department, agency, or 
instrumentality of the United States that utilizes the Draize rabbit 
eye irritancy test, should develop and validate alternative ophthalmic 
testing procedures that do not require the use of animal test subjects.

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