Title: Get Additives Out Act of 2019
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Get Additives Out Act of 2019
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study the developmental, behavioral, and physical health effects of food additives on children.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2269 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2269

 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a 
     study and submit a report on the effects of food additives on 
                           children's health.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2019

   Ms. Meng introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a 
     study and submit a report on the effects of food additives on 
                           children's health.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Get Additives Out Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT ON EFFECTS OF FOOD ADDITIVES ON CHILDREN'S 
              HEALTH.

    (a) Study.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct a study--
            (1) on the developmental and behavioral health effects of 
        food additives on children under 18 years of age;
            (2) on the physical health effects of food additives on 
        such children;
            (3) that assesses the capability of the Food and Drug 
        Administration to test and regulate the health effects of food 
        additives, including the extent to which determinations that 
        substances are not food additives because the substances are 
        generally recognized as safe, within the meaning of section 
        201(s) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
        321(s)), inhibits that regulation; and
            (4) that provides recommendations for improving the ability 
        of the Food and Drug Administration to conduct oversight and 
        assure the safety of food additives.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on the 
results of the study conducted under subsection (a).
    (c) Food Additive Defined.--In this section, the term ``food 
additive'' has the meaning given such term in section 201(s) of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(s)).
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