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ICCVAM Authorization Act of 1999
Introduced: August 4, 1999
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Oct 11, 2000
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 946.
Oct 11, 2000
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Jeffords with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 106-496.
Sep 20, 2000
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Aug 4, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP.
Aug 4, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10238)
Aug 4, 1999
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
ICCVAM Authorization Act of 1999 - States that the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) shall be sustained as a permanent standing committee administered by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
Sets forth ICCVAM objectives, including: (1) increasing the efficiency of Federal test method review; and (2) reducing animal testing.
Directs the Institute to establish a Scientific Advisory Committee.
Requires each Federal agency to: (1) identify and forward to ICCVAM those guidelines or regulations it follows requiring or recommending animal testing; (2) promote valid alternatives to animal testing; and (3) adopt ICCVAM recommendations unless such recommendations are inadequate or unsatisfactory.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 946.
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