[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1762 Considered and Passed Senate (CPS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1762

 To amend the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 to impose a 
   moratorium with respect to the issuance of regulations on dietary 
                              supplements.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            November 20 (legislative day, November 2), 1993

Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mrs. Kassebaum) introduced the 
following bill; which was read twice, considered, read the third time, 
                               and passed

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 to impose a 
   moratorium with respect to the issuance of regulations on dietary 
                              supplements.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Dietary Supplement Regulation 
Moratorium Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF IMPLEMENTATION.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services may not implement the Nutrition Labeling and 
Education Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-535; 104 Stat. 2353), or any 
amendment made by such Act, earlier than April 15, 1994, with respect 
to dietary supplements of vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, or 
other similar nutritional substances.

SEC. 3. ISSUANCE OF FINAL REGULATIONS.

    (a) Nutritional Labeling Regulations.--The second sentence of 
section 2(b)(1) of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 (21 
U.S.C. 343 note) is amended by striking ``except'' and all that follows 
through the period and inserting ``except that the Secretary shall not 
issue any final regulations applicable to dietary supplements of 
vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, or other similar nutritional 
substances before April 15, 1994.''.
    (b) Claims Regulation.--Section 3(b)(1)(B) of the Nutrition 
Labeling and Education Act of 1990 (21 U.S.C. 343 note) is amended by 
striking ``except'' and all that follows through the period and 
inserting ``except that the Secretary shall not issue any final 
regulations applicable to dietary supplements of vitamins, minerals, 
herbs, amino acids, or other similar nutritional substances before 
April 15, 1994.''.

SEC. 4. REGULATIONS CONSIDERED TO BE FINAL.

    (a) Nutritional Labeling.--The first sentence of section 2(b)(2) of 
the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 (21 U.S.C. 343 note) 
is amended by striking ``except'' and all that follows through the 
period and inserting ``except that the proposed regulations applicable 
to dietary supplements of vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, or 
other similar nutritional substances shall not be considered to be 
final regulations until April 30, 1994.''.
    (b) Claims Regulations.--The first sentence of section 3(b)(2) of 
the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 (21 U.S.C. 343 note) 
is amended by striking ``except'' and all that follows through the 
period and inserting ``except that the proposed regulations applicable 
to dietary supplements of vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, or 
other similar nutritional substances shall not be considered to be 
final regulations until April 30, 1994.''.

SEC. 5. STATE ENFORCEMENT.

    Section 10(a)(1)(C) of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 
1990 (21 U.S.C. 343 note) is amended by striking ``except'' and all 
that follows through ``1993'' and inserting ``except that such 
amendments shall take effect with respect to dietary supplements of 
vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, or other similar nutritional 
substances on April 30, 1994''.

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