[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2301 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2301

  To help prevent the occurrence of cancer resulting from the use of 
   ultraviolet tanning lamps by providing sufficient information to 
 consumers regarding the health risks associated with the use of such 
                                devices.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 19, 2012

 Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Isakson) 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 help prevent the occurrence of cancer resulting from the use of 
   ultraviolet tanning lamps by providing sufficient information to 
 consumers regarding the health risks associated with the use of such 
                                devices.

    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 ``Tanning Transparency and 
Notification Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Two million Americans--approximately 70 percent of whom 
        are girls and women--visit a tanning salon each day.
            (2) The World Health Organization reports that the risk of 
        cutaneous melanoma is increased by 75 percent when use of 
        tanning devices starts before 30 years of age.
            (3) In 2012, approximately 131,810 new cases of melanoma 
        will be diagnosed in the United States and approximately 9,180 
        people will die from melanoma.
            (4) In a December 2008 Report to Congress, the Food and 
        Drug Administration determined, through its own analysis, that 
        the current warning labels for indoor tanning devices do not 
        effectively communicate the risks associated with indoor 
        tanning and is therefore reviewing modifications to the 
        labeling requirements in an effort to better inform consumers 
        about the risks associated with sunlamp products.

SEC. 3. LABELING REQUIREMENTS.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall carry out the recommendations 
made in the report submitted under section 230 of the Food and Drug 
Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-85) regarding the 
labeling of ultraviolet tanning lamps.
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