Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-6190
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2012-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: 
Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2012 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) permit the distribution, sale, and consumption in the United States of remaining inventories of CFC epinephrine inhalers manufactured pursuant to the exception for medical devices under the Clean Air Act; (2) not take any enforcement action or otherwise seek to restrict the distribution, sale, or consumption of such inhalers on the basis of any federal law implementing the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer; and (3) issue, in response to a request of any distributor or seller of such inhalers, a No Action Assurance Letter stating that the EPA will not initiate an enforcement action relating to the distribution or sale of any such inhaler occurring prior to August 1, 2013.
 
Defines &quot;CFC epinephrine inhaler&quot; to mean any epinephrine inhaler containing chlorofluorocarbons that was manufactured and classified as over-the-counter before January 1, 2012.
 
Terminates this Act on August 1, 2013.

action_date: 2012-09-14
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2012 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) permit the distribution, sale, and consumption in the United States of remaining inventories of CFC epinephrine inhalers manufactured pursuant to the exception for medical devices under the Clean Air Act; (2) not take any enforcement action or otherwise seek to restrict the distribution, sale, or consumption of such inhalers on the basis of any federal law implementing the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer; and (3) issue, in response to a request of any distributor or seller of such inhalers, a No Action Assurance Letter stating that the EPA will not initiate an enforcement action relating to the distribution or sale of any such inhaler occurring prior to August 1, 2013.
 
Defines &quot;CFC epinephrine inhaler&quot; to mean any epinephrine inhaler containing chlorofluorocarbons that was manufactured and classified as over-the-counter before January 1, 2012.
 
Terminates this Act on August 1, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-12
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 229 - 182 (Roll no. 623).
action_date: 2012-12-12
text: Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 229 - 182 (Roll no. 623).
action_date: 2012-12-12
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6740-6741)
action_date: 2012-12-12
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2012-12-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6190.
action_date: 2012-12-12
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6724-6728; text of measure as reported in House: CR H6724)
action_date: 2012-12-12
text: Mr. Burgess moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2012-09-14
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 485.
action_date: 2012-09-14
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 112-673.
action_date: 2012-09-14
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 112-673.
action_date: 2012-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-07-25
text: Introduced in House