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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2576 
To modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 26, 2015 
Mr. SHIMKUS (for himself, Mr. UPTON, Mr. PALLONE, and Mr. TONKO) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘TSCA Modernization Act of 2015’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
Sec. 3. Testing of chemical substances and mixtures. 
Sec. 4. Regulation of hazardous chemical substances and mixtures. 
Sec. 5. Relationship to other Federal laws. 
Sec. 6. Disclosure of data. 
Sec. 7. Effect on State law. 
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Sec. 8. Administration of the Act. 
Sec. 9. Conforming amendments. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 3 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 
U.S.C. 2602) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through 
(14) as paragraphs (8) through (10) and (12) 
through (16), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(7) The term ‘intended conditions of use’ means the 
circumstances under which a chemical substance is in-
tended, known, or reasonably foreseeable to be manufac-
tured, processed, distributed in commerce, used, and dis-
posed of.’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (10), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(11) The term ‘potentially exposed subpopulation’ 
means a group of individuals within the general population 
who, due to either greater susceptibility or greater poten-
tial exposure, are likely to be at greater risk than the gen-
eral population of adverse health effects from exposure to 
a chemical substance.’’. 
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SEC. 3. TESTING OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES AND MIX-
TURES. 
Section 4 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 
U.S.C. 2603) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking ‘‘; 
or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) testing of a chemical substance is nec-
essary to conduct a risk evaluation under section 
6(b); and’’; and 
(2) in the matter following subsection (a)(2), by 
inserting ‘‘, order, or consent agreement’’ after ‘‘by 
rule’’. 
SEC. 4. REGULATION OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL SUB-
STANCES AND MIXTURES. 
(a) SCOPE OF REGULATION.—Section 6(a) of the 
Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2605(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘finds that there is a reasonable 
basis to conclude’’ and inserting ‘‘determines under 
subsection (b)’’; 
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