[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2627 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2627

   To limit the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental 
            Protection Agency to ban metered-dose inhalers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 1997

Mr. Foley (for himself, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Klink, Mr. Fox 
 of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Myrick, and Mr. Mica) introduced the following 
         bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To limit the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental 
            Protection Agency to ban metered-dose inhalers.

    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 ``Asthma Inhalers Regulatory Relief 
Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY UNDER CLEAN AIR ACT TO BAN METERED-DOSE 
              INHALERS.

    The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not, 
under title VI of the Clean Air Act, prohibit the manufacture, 
distribution, or sale of metered-dose inhalers that use 
chlorofluorocarbons unless the Administrator and the Commissioner of 
Food and Drugs jointly certify to the Congress that alternatives to 
such inhalers are available that, for all populations of users of such 
inhalers, are comparable in terms of safety and effectiveness, costs, 
and retail availability.
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