Title: Oxybenzone and Octinoxate Impact Study Act of 2019
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Oxybenzone and Octinoxate Impact Study Act of 2019
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to study the impact of oxybenzone and octinoxate (chemicals commonly found in sunscreens) on public health and the environment, including marine life.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1371 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1371

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
  conduct a study on the effects of oxybenzone and octinoxate on the 
         environment and public health, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 8, 2019

Mr. Merkley (for himself and Ms. Hirono) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
  conduct a study on the effects of oxybenzone and octinoxate on the 
         environment and public health, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Oxybenzone and Octinoxate Impact 
Study Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF OXYBENZONE AND OCTINOXATE ON THE 
              ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

    (a) Study.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency (referred to in this section as the 
        ``Administrator'') shall conduct a study on the impact of 
        oxybenzone and octinoxate on--
                    (A) the environment, including lethal and sublethal 
                impacts on aquatic ecosystems; and
                    (B) public health.
            (2) Inclusion.--The study under paragraph (1) shall include 
        analysis, documentation, and determinations on the impact of 
        oxybenzone and octinoxate on the protection and propagation 
        of--
                    (A) coral reefs; and
                    (B) marine life.
            (3) Consultation.--In conducting the study under paragraph 
        (1), the Administrator shall consult with--
                    (A) marine biology research centers located in the 
                United States on the shores of large bodies of water; 
                and
                    (B) the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
                and Prevention.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress and make 
publicly available on the website of the Environmental Protection 
Agency a report that describes the results of the study conducted under 
subsection (a).
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