Full Text of HR0135 97th General Assembly
HR0135 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, American consumers deserve to have confidence | 3 | | that the products they buy, when used for their intended | 4 | | purposes, are safe; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, A federal chemical management program should | 6 | | place protecting the public health, including children's | 7 | | health, as its highest priority, and should include strict | 8 | | government oversight; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The federal chemical management program should | 10 | | preserve America's role as the world's leading innovator and | 11 | | employer in the manufacture, processing, distribution in | 12 | | commerce, and use of chemicals; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The current chemical management law, the Toxic | 14 | | Substance Control Act (TSCA), was signed into law in 1976, and | 15 | | it is now nearly 35 years old; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Since the enactment of the law, our ability to | 17 | | understand the impact chemicals have on the human body and the | 18 | | environment has advanced significantly; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Those advancements in science and technology need | 20 | | to be integrated into the federal chemical management program; |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Momentum for modernization of the federal | 3 | | chemical regulatory system is growing in Congress; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, A robust federal chemical management system will | 5 | | obviate the need for state governments to adopt potentially | 6 | | conflicting state regulatory programs that have the potential | 7 | | for negative impacts on the national economy; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 | | we urge the 112th Congress of the United States to enact | 11 | | federal legislation to modernize the Toxic Substances Control | 12 | | Act of 1976 in order to: | 13 | | (1) ensure that chemicals are safe for their intended | 14 | | use; | 15 | | (2) require EPA to systematically prioritize chemicals | 16 | | for the purpose of assessing their safe use; | 17 | | (3) require that EPA act expeditiously and efficiently | 18 | | in assessing the safe use of chemicals; | 19 | | (4) require companies that manufacture, import, | 20 | | process, distribute, or use chemicals to provide EPA with | 21 | | relevant information to the extent necessary for EPA to | 22 | | make safe use determinations; | 23 | | (5) assure that the potential risks to children from |
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| 1 | | exposures to chemicals are considered in the assessment of | 2 | | safe use; | 3 | | (6) empower EPA to impose a range of risk management | 4 | | controls to ensure that chemicals are safe for their | 5 | | intended use; | 6 | | (7) encourage companies and EPA to work together to | 7 | | enhance public access to chemical health and safety | 8 | | information; | 9 | | (8) require that EPA rely on scientifically valid data | 10 | | and information, regardless of its source, including data | 11 | | and information reflecting modern advances in science and | 12 | | technology; | 13 | | (9) enable EPA to have the staff, resources, and | 14 | | regulatory tools it needs to ensure the safety of | 15 | | chemicals; and | 16 | | (10) ensure that TSCA remains a vehicle to promote and | 17 | | encourage technological innovation, and the maintenance of | 18 | | a globally competitive industry in the United States; and | 19 | | be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 21 | | delivered to members of the Illinois congressional delegation.
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