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June 2015
In another sign of the momentum building for reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), on June 3, 2015 the US House Committee on Energy & Commerce (E&C Committee) approved HR 2576, the “TSCA Modernization Act of 2015,” by a 47 to 0 vote, with one abstention. A bipartisan bill introduced by Reps. John Shimkus (R-IL), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Fred Upton (R-MI) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ), HR 2576 differs slightly from a “discussion draft” version of the bill that was approved by an E&C Subcommittee on May 14.
As approved by the full E&C Committee, HR 2576 makes a number of substantive changes to the existing TSCA law.