[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 8 (Monday, February 28, 1994)]
[Pages 348-349]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Report on Radiation Control for 
Health and Safety

February 22, 1994

To the Congress of the United States:

    In accordance with section 540 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360qq) (previously section 360D of the Public 
Health Service Act), I am submitting the report of the Department of 
Health and Human Services regarding the administration of the Radiation 
Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968 during calendar year 1992.
    The report recommends the repeal of section 540 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cos- 

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metic Act that requires the completion of this annual report. All the 
information found in this report is available to the Congress on a more 
immediate basis through the Center for Devices and Radiological Health 
technical reports, the Radiological Health Bulletin and other publicly 
available sources. This annual report serves little useful purpose and 
diverts Agency resources from more productive activities.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
February 22, 1994.