HRES 98
112th Congress
House
Health
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives that the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration should give the greatest weight in making critical policy decisions to readily available hard science data, including evidence from the natural sciences, physical sciences, and computing sciences.
Introduced: February 17, 2011
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 28, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 17, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 17, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Urges the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to: (1) give the greatest weight in making critical policy decisions to readily available hard science data; and (2) avoid paternalistic policy decisions not grounded in hard science.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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