[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1112 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1112

To make effective the proposed rule of the Food and Drug Administration 
      relating to sunscreen drug products, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 20, 2009

  Mr. Dodd (for himself and Mr. Reed) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To make effective the proposed rule of the Food and Drug Administration 
      relating to sunscreen drug products, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Sunscreen Labeling Protection Act of 
2009'' or the ``SUN Act''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE FOR RULE RELATING TO SUNSCREEN DRUG PRODUCTS FOR 
              OVER-THE-COUNTER HUMAN USE.

    Notwithstanding subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 
5, United States Code (commonly known as the ``Administrative Procedure 
Act'') and any other provision of law, the proposed rule issued by the 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs entitled ``Sunscreen Drug Products for 
Over-the-Counter Human Use; Proposed Amendment of Final Monograph'', 72 
Fed. Reg. 49070 (August 27, 2007), shall take effect on the date that 
is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, unless such 
Commissioner issues the final rule, which includes formulation, 
labeling, and testing requirements for both ultraviolet B (UVB) and 
ultraviolet A (UVA) radiation protection, before such effective date.
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