Kid Safe Chemicals Act

Bill: 109-hr-4308
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2005-11-10 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Animals
Bioaccumulation
Biodegradation
Business records
Chemical industries
Chemical research
Chemicals
Chemistry
Child health
Child safety
Commerce
Consumer education
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental estrogens
Environmental health
Environmental monitoring
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Fetus
Food safety
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health
Health surveys
Higher education
Immune system
Infants
International Affairs
International environmental cooperation
Laboratory animals
Law
Neurology
Potable water
Product safety
Reproduction
Research centers
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Technological innovations
Toxicology
Trade secrets
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: 
Child, Worker, and Consumer-Safe Chemicals Act of 2005 or the Kid Safe Chemicals Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to require each manufacturer of a chemical substance distributed in commerce to submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): (1) a statement certifying that the manufacturer's chemical substance meets required safety standards or there is insufficient data to make such determination; and (2) all reasonably available information concerning the chemical substance not previously submitted. Requires manufacturers to update such information at least every three years or at any time new information becomes available on the toxicity of a chemical substance. 
 
Prohibits the manufacture of a chemical substance if the Administrator: (1) determines that the manufacturer has failed to comply with this Act or that the substance does not meet applicable safety standards; or (2) has not made a safety determination for such substance within a specified time period. 
 
Requires the Administrator to: (1) develop a priority list for making safety determinations of at least 300 chemical substances, giving highest priority to substances posing the greatest risk to humans; (2) determine whether a manufacturer has established that its priority list substances meet applicable safety standards; (3) implement animal testing alternatives; (4) create market incentives for the development of safer alternatives to existing chemical substances; (5) establish an Interagency Science Advisory Board on Children's Health and Toxic Substances; (6) cooperate with international efforts to monitor chemical substances; and (7) create a database to share information on the toxicity and use of chemical substances and provide public access to such data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2337)
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Introduced in House