PRODUCT SAFETY
Amendments
CPSC: designate drywall manufactured in China a banned hazardous product (H.R. 4212), S8372, S8377 [21DE], H7448 [30DE]
Bills and resolutions
Children’s Gasoline Burn Prevention Act: improve (see H.R. 6065), H4654 [29JN]
Consumers: establish a comprehensive process to inform consumers about food and product recalls (see H.R. 4759), H2125 [25AP]
CPSC: designate drywall manufactured in China a banned hazardous product (see H.R. 4212), H1390 [19MR]
——— require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (see S. 3343), S4674 [27JN] (see H.R. 4326), H1804 [29MR]
Dept. of Homeland Security: provide certain information to intellectual property right owners of semiconductor chip products to facilitate identification of suspected counterfeit microchips (see H.R. 6012), H3975 [21JN]
FDA: enhance oversight of medical device recalls and provide for conditional clearance of certain medical devices (see H.R. 5866), H3266 [30MY]
——— establish procedures and requirements for registration of cosmetic product manufacturing entities, submission of cosmetic product and ingredient statements, and reporting of adverse events (see H.R. 4395), H1977 [18AP]
——— help prevent occurrence of cancer resulting from the use of ultraviolet tanning lamps by imposing more stringent controls on the use of such devices (see S. 2301), S2545 [19AP]
——— improve postmarket risk identification and analysis for medical devices (see H.R. 5341), H2317 [7MY]
——— improve safety of cosmetics (see H.R. 4262), H1570 [26MR]
——— prevent States from conducting duplicative inspections of establishments in which a drug or device is manufactured, processed, packed, or held by a manufacturer or wholesale distributor (see H.R. 4056), H901 [16FE]
——— reduce regulatory burdens that unnecessarily delay new medical devices from reaching the market (see S. 2067), S323 [2FE]
——— 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. 4972), H2267 [27AP]
Federal agencies and departments: establish programs in regulatory agencies to permit the labeling of certain products that do not contain any carcinogens as ‘‘cancer free’’ (see H.R. 6191), H5291 [25JY]
——— establish programs in regulatory agencies to permit the labeling of certain products that do not contain any carcinogens as ‘‘carcinogen free’’ (see H.R. 6601), H6428 [16NO]
Food: strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood (see H.R. 6200), H5291 [25JY]
Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act: extend (see H.R. 3975), H639 [8FE]
Letters
Contaminated Drywall Safety Act: Representative Ros-Lehtinen, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H6136 [19SE]
——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H6136 [19SE]
Remarks in House
CPSC: anniversary of legislation exempting off-highway vehicles from certain lead prohibitions, E1428 [3AU]
——— designate drywall manufactured in China a banned hazardous product (H.R. 4212), H6134–H6137 [19SE]
——— designate drywall manufactured in China a banned hazardous product (H.R. 4212), Senate amendment, H7448–H7450 [30DE]
Drugs: improve safety, H3224 [30MY]
FCC: promulgate regulations requiring a label on packaging of certain baby monitors warning that signals may be intercepted by potential intruders, H1619, H1620 [27MR]
FDA: expedite process for requesting de novo classification of a device, H3228 [30MY]
——— improve humanitarian device regulation, H3867 [20JN], E917 [31MY]
——— improve postmarket risk identification and analysis for medical devices, H3224 [30MY], H3865 [20JN]
——— make clarifications relative to persons accredited to review reports and make recommendations for initial classification of devices, H3230 [30MY]
Federal agencies and departments: establish programs in regulatory agencies to permit the labeling of certain products that do not contain any carcinogens as ‘‘cancer free’’ (H.R. 6191), H5212 [25JY], E1320 [25JY]
——— establish programs in regulatory agencies to permit the labeling of certain products that do not contain any carcinogens as ‘‘carcinogen free’’ (H.R. 6601), E1788 [16NO]
Food: strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood (H.R. 6200), E1327 [25JY]
Minnesota: adoption of new rules to ensure player safety during high school hockey games, H11 [17JA]
Motor vehicles: effects of increase of corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards on vehicle pricing and safety, H208–H213 [31JA]
Remarks in Senate
China: enforce product safety regulations on imports to the U.S., S379–S381 [7FE]
CPSC: anniversary of legislation exempting off-highway vehicles from certain lead prohibitions, S5968 [2AU]
——— designate drywall manufactured in China a banned hazardous product (H.R. 4212), S8377 [21DE]
FDA: accelerate investigation into imported pet food from China, S380 [7FE]
——— ensure no future delays on implementation of new sunscreen labeling and testing standards, S3564 [24MY]
——— ensure safety and quality of medical products and enhance authorities, S3468 [23MY], S3551 [24MY]
——— help prevent occurrence of cancer resulting from the use of ultraviolet tanning lamps by imposing more stringent controls on the use of such devices (S. 2301), S2547 [19AP]
——— improve medical device approval process, S4615, S4618 [26JN]
——— promote development of medical devices for patients with rare diseases, improve medical device approval process, and lift profit cap on humanitarian use devices, S3494 [23MY]
Reports filed
Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 50) (S. Rept. 112–131), S131 [26JA]
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