Federal Accountability in Chemical Testing Act

Bill: 117-hr-197
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2021-01-05
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies

Animal protection and human-animal relationships

Department of Health and Human Services

Environmental health

Government information and archives

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Medical research

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Research administration and funding
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Federal Accountability in Chemical Testing Act or the FACT Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods to report on progress in developing, validating, and promoting regulatory acceptance and use of toxicological testing methods that replace or reduce the use of animals.</p> <p>Federal agencies that require or recommend toxicological testing must provide the committee with information necessary for this reporting.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 197 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 5, 2021 Mr. Calvert (for himself, Mr. Mast , Mr. Gaetz , Mr. Buchanan , Ms. Brownley , and Ms. Titus ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 to improve reporting about animal testing and alternative test method use by Federal agencies, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Accountability in Chemical Testing Act or the FACT Act . 2. Reporting requirements; provision of information (a) Report contents (1) In general Paragraph (7) of section 3(e) of the ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 ( 42 U.S.C. 285l–3(e) ) is amended by inserting before the period at the end of the paragraph the following: , to include a description of the progress on the development, validation, acceptance, and utilization of alternative test methods (including animal use data by species, number, and test type) for toxicological testing conducted, supported, or required by, or submitted to, each Federal agency listed in subsection (c) during the reporting period . (2) Effective date The amendment made by paragraph (1) applies with respect to reports that are made available to the public on or after the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (b) Provision of information Section 4 of the ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 ( 42 U.S.C. 285l–4 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (f) Provision of information Each Federal agency carrying out a program described in subsection (a), or its specific regulatory unit or units, shall provide ICCVAM with information needed to carry out this Act. .