PRODUCT SAFETY

Bills and resolutions

Chemicals: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 2248), H3095 [4JN]

——— ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers for children, baby food, and infant formula and regulate its use in other food containers (see S. 1124), S4058 [10JN]

Children’s Gasoline Burn Prevention Act: improve (see H.R. 1456), H1908 [10AP]

Consumers: ban flame retardant chemicals from use in resilient filling materials in children’s products (see H.R. 2934), H5342 [1AU]

CPSC: clarify terms of cooperation with foreign government safety agencies to improve safety of imported products (see S. 1887), S9105 [20DE]

——— making continuing appropriations for the Office of Compliance and Field Operations projects and activities (see H.J. Res. 86), H6223 [3OC]

——— require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (see S. 1793), S8601 [10DE]

FDA: permit the sale of, and access to, ‘‘research use only’’ products in diagnostic tests (see H.R. 3005), H5397 [2AU]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption’’ (see H.R. 2071), H2838 [21MY]

——— require the label of drugs to contain a parenthetical statement identifying the source of any ingredient constituting or derived from a grain or starch-containing ingredient (see H.R. 2003), H2654 [15MY]

——— strengthen and secure the pharmaceutical distribution supply chain to protect consumers from counterfeit pharmaceuticals (see S. 957), S3531 [15MY] (see H.R. 1919), H2567 [9MY]

Firearms: provide protection from gun violence by banning access to certain weapons, strengthening mental health infrastructure, and improving the understanding of gun violence (see H.R. 2910), H5341 [1AU]

——— require licensed importers, manufacturers, or dealers to provide a secure gun storage or safety device with the sale, transfer, or delivery of a firearm (see H.R. 2665), H4482 [11JY]

Food: prohibit the sale of infant formula after the expiration date on the product (see H.R. 2306), H3256 [10JN]

——— strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood (see S. 520), S1592 [11MR] (see H.R. 1012), H1319 [6MR]

Foreign trade: require foreign manufacturers of products imported into the U.S. to establish registered agents in the U.S. who are authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers (see H.R. 1910), H2567 [9MY]

Sports: reduce sports-related concussions in youth (see S. 1014), S3761 [22MY] (see H.R. 2118), H2911 [22MY]

Toxic Substances Control Act: reauthorize and modernize (see S. 1009), S3760 [22MY]

Letters

Ban flame retardant chemicals from use in resilient filling materials in children’s products: Ana Mascarenas and Martha D. Arguello, Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles (organization), E1195 [1AU]

——— Arlene Blum and Veena Singla, Green Science Policy Institute, E1195 [1AU]

——— Beverley Thorpe, Clean Production Action (organization), E1197 [1AU]

——— Bruce Lesly, First Focus Campaign for Children (organization), E1196 [1AU]

——— Jamie McConnell, Women’s Voices for the Earth (organization), E1196 [1AU]

——— Jenny Levin, Federation of State PIRGs, E1195 [1AU]

——— Kenneth A. Cook, Environmental Working Group (organization), E1196 [1AU]

——— Malin Nasman, IKEA North America Services, LLC, E1196 [1AU]

——— Marian Wright Edelman, Children’s Defense Fund (organization), E1197 [1AU]

——— Matthew Melmed, Zero to Three—National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families, E1197 [1AU]

——— Pamela Miller and Maricarmen Cruz-Guilloty, Alaska Community Action on Toxics (organization), E1197 [1AU]

Safeguarding America’s Pharmaceuticals Act: several organizations, H2982, H2983 [3JN]

——— Stanley C. Weisser, California State Board of Pharmacy, H2981 [3JN]

Remarks in House

Chemicals: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (H.R. 2248), H6660 [22OC]

Consumers: ban flame retardant chemicals from use in resilient filling materials in children’s products (H.R. 2934), E1195 [1AU]

FDA: reevaluate proposed rule entitled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption’’, H3727 [18JN]

——— strengthen and secure the pharmaceutical distribution supply chain to protect consumers from counterfeit pharmaceuticals, H5961, H5962, H5965 [28SE]

——— strengthen and secure the pharmaceutical distribution supply chain to protect consumers from counterfeit pharmaceuticals (H.R. 1919), H2968–H2984 [3JN], E784, E796 [4JN], E883 [17JN]

——— strengthen and secure the pharmaceutical distribution supply chain to protect consumers from counterfeit pharmaceuticals (S. 957), H2979 [3JN]

Firearms: require licensed importers, manufacturers, or dealers to provide a secure gun storage or safety device with the sale, transfer, or delivery of a firearm (H.R. 2665), H7387 [2DE], H7429 [3DE]

Foreign trade: require foreign manufacturers of products imported into the U.S. to establish registered agents in the U.S. who are authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers (H.R. 1910), H2916 [23MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: prevent from establishing health care provider standards of care in medical malpractice or medical product liability cases, H534 [14FE]

Remarks in Senate

Chemicals: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers for children, baby food, and infant formula and regulate its use in other food containers (S. 1124), S4059 [10JN]

Sports: reduce sports-related concussions in youth (S. 1014), S3765 [22MY]

Reports filed

Safeguarding America’s Pharmaceuticals Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1919) (H. Rept. 113–93), H3014 [3JN]

Statements

Safeguarding America’s Pharmaceuticals Act: Pew Charitable Trust, H2981 [3JN]

Texts of

H.R. 1911, Safeguarding America’s Pharmaceuticals Act, H2969–H2978 [3JN]