Senate Environment Committee Sends TSCA Overhaul to Senate Floor
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee decisively approved in recent days controversial legislation to overhaul the Toxic Substances Control Act. The committee voted 15-5 to send the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, S-697 (here),…
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to the Senate floor. Sponsors say the legislation, introduced by a bipartisan group of committee lawmakers in March, aims to put in place a “predictable and transparent” federal regulatory system for chemicals in the U.S. market (see 1503110024). Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., held the hearing despite aggressive opposition from ranking member Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. In a statement following the April 28 approval of the bill, Boxer said committee Republicans obstructed all amendments that would have improved the bill (here). Boxer has long rejected the bill (see 1503200028), as have food safety groups (see 1504010035). The House is also moving forward with competing proposals to overhaul TSCA (see 1504140018). The EPW Committee didn't immediately respond for comment.