[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 136 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 136

   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

                            January 6, 1999

Mr. Foley (for himself, Mr. Klink, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. Boyd, and 
 Mrs. Kelly) 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 1999''.

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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