[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 113 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 113

Expressing the sense of Congress about the Food and Drug Administration 
 proposal to designate the use of chlorofluorocarbons in metered-dose 
                       inhalers as nonessential.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 1997

  Mr. Stearns (for himself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, and Mr. Hastert) 
 submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to 
                       the Committee on Commerce

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of Congress about the Food and Drug Administration 
 proposal to designate the use of chlorofluorocarbons in metered-dose 
                       inhalers as nonessential.

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that proposed regulation of the 
Food and Drug Administration (62 Fed. Reg. 10242) to designate the use 
of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) in metered-dose inhalers (MDI) as 
nonessential so as to make MDIs which use CFC an adulterated device 
puts at risk the health of millions of asthma patients--especially 
children and the elderly--and does not contribute measurably to 
protection of the environment. Therefore, the Food and Drug 
Administration should withdraw its proposal and focus its efforts on 
implementing existing Montreal Protocol decisions that will facilitate 
a transition to CFC-free MDIs by the year 2005.
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