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S. Rept. 114-67 1 (2015-06-18)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxspq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP Calendar No. 121 114TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session SENATE 114-67 FRANK R. LAUTENBERG CHEMICAL SAFETY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY ACT JUNE 18, 2015.-Ordered to be printed Mr. INHOFE, from the Committee on Environment and Public Works, submitted the following REPORT together with MINORITY VIEWS [To accompany S. 697] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was referred the bill (S. 697) to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reauthorize and modernize that Act, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and recommends the bill, as amended, do pass. GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND S. 697, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the fundamental Federal law regulating the manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, use and disposal of chemical substances. The Act is named for the late Frank R. Lautenberg, the Senate's long time champion for effective reform of TSCA in order to protect against risks to human health and the environment. Before 2012, Senator Lautenberg (D-NJ) had introduced TSCA reform legisla- tion in five consecutive Congresses. Beginning in early 2013, Sen- ator Lautenberg worked closely with Senator David Vitter (R-LA) to craft the Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA), which was introduced in May, 2013 (S. 1009). The bill represented the very 49-010

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