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HR 1676 101th Congress House Animals Administrative procedure Laboratory animals Product development Product safety Protection of animals

Consumer Products Safe Testing Act

Introduced: April 5, 1989 See on congress.gov
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Apr 24, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Apr 5, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 5, 1989
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Consumer Products Safe Testing Act - Prohibits Federal department or agency heads from considering LD50 test results when determining product safety, labeling, or transportation requirements for purposes of Federal regulation. (LD50 is a procedure whereby toxicity is measured in terms of the median dose that will kill 50 percent of the test animals within a specified time.)

Requires Federal department and agency heads to: (1) review and evaluate directives that call for the use of an animal toxicity test; and (2) promulgate regulations specifying the use of nonanimal alternatives.

Requires that animal toxicity testing regulations be subject to periodic agency review and to public comment in certain cases.

What's happening now April 24, 1989

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 891 Identical bill Consumer Products Safe Testing Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 6 Republican 1
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Sep 12, 1990
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Apr 5, 1989
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Apr 5, 1989
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Apr 5, 1989
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Apr 5, 1989
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Apr 5, 1989
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Apr 5, 1989
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1676: Consumer Products Safe Testing Act. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-1676/
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"H.R. 1676: Consumer Products Safe Testing Act." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-1676/.
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H.R. 1676, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-1676/.
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