Consumer Products Safe Testing Act
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (16 Nov 1994): Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness.
What this bill does
The Consumer Products Safe Testing Act would require federal departments and agencies to evaluate their regulations that mandate or encourage animal testing for product safety. The bill directs these agencies to assess non-animal alternatives that could replace or partially replace animal tests. If a non-animal test is found to be as effective as an animal test in predicting human health effects, the agency would be required to adopt the non-animal test.
This bill would affect federal agencies that regulate product safety and manufacturers who comply with these regulations. It aims to shift away from animal testing for acute toxicity evaluations of consumer products and other regulated substances, unless no non-animal alternative is as reliable. The bill excludes regulations related to medical research.
Introduced in the House of Representatives in October 1994, H.R. 5222 was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. At this time, the bill has only been introduced and has not progressed further in the legislative process.
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Official summary
Consumer Products Safe Testing Act - Requires each Federal department or agency (department) head to: (1) evaluate any regulation, guideline, or recommendation issued by that department which requires, recommends, or encourages the use of the Draize or other animal acute toxicity test (animal test) to evaluate the safety of a regulated product; (2) evaluate nonanimal alternatives with the potential for partial or full replacement of such test; and (3) promulgate regulations, guidelines, or recommendations that specify a nonanimal acute toxicity test or battery of tests that should be used instead of an animal test unless the nonanimal test is less likely to predict the acute health effects of a product on humans. Directs the appropriate Federal department, if a determination is made that no nonanimal test is as likely to predict the human reaction to the regulated product as the animal test, to publish in the Federal Register an explanation of all options considered and the justification for continuing the animal test, which shall be subject to public comment. Requires each Federal department head, at least every two years (beginning three years after this Act's enactment date), after considering the most recent technological advances available, to determine whether continued use of any animal test is justified (and if the department head determines that such use is justified, such head shall publish an explanation and justification for such continued use in the Federal Register, which shall be subject to public comment). Makes this Act inapplicable to regulations, guidelines, or recommendations related to medical research.
Timeline
16 Nov 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness.
Common questions
- What does H.R. 5222 do?
- The Consumer Products Safe Testing Act would require federal departments and agencies to evaluate their regulations that mandate or encourage animal testing for product safety. The bill directs these agencies to assess non-animal alternatives that could replace or partially replace animal tests. If a non-animal test is found to be as effective as an animal test in predicting human health effects, the agency would be required to adopt the non-animal test. This bill would affect federal agencies that regulate product safety and manufacturers who comply with these regulations. It aims to shift away from animal testing for acute toxicity evaluations of consumer products and other regulated substances, unless no non-animal alternative is as reliable. The bill excludes regulations related to medical research. Introduced in the House of Representatives in October 1994, H.R. 5222 was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. At this time, the bill has only been introduced and has not progressed further in the legislative process.
- Has H.R. 5222 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for H.R. 5222. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored H.R. 5222?
- H.R. 5222 was sponsored by Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] (D-CA), with 22 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on H.R. 5222?
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness. (16 Nov 1994).
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