Commonsense Consumption Act of 2007

To prevent legislative and regulatory functions from being usurped by civil liability actions brought or continued against food manufacturers, marketers, distributors, advertisers, sellers, and trade associations for claims of injury relating to a person's weight gain, obesity, or any health condition associated with weight gain or obesity.

5/7/2007--Introduced.
Commonsense Consumption Act of 2007 - Prohibits new, and requires dismissal of pending, civil actions by any person against a manufacturer, marketer, distributor, advertiser, or seller of food, or a trade association, for any injury related to a person's accumulated acts of consumption of food and weight gain, obesity, or any associated health condition. Subjects to such prohibition:
(1) any action brought by a person other than the person on whose weight gain, obesity, or health condition the action is based; and
(2) any derivative action brought by or on behalf of any person or any representative, spouse, parent, child, or other relative of that person. Excludes from this prohibition any actions alleging:
(1) a breach of express contract or express warranty provided that the grounds of recovery are unrelated to a person's weight gain, obesity, or related health condition;
(2) a knowing violation of a federal or state statute applicable to the marketing, advertisement, or labeling of food with intent for a person to rely on that violation, where such person relied on that violation, and where such reliance was the proximate cause of injury related to that person's weight gain, obesity, or related health condition; or
(3) a violation brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under the Federal Trade Commission Act or by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

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Sponsor

• Rep. Dan Boren [D, OK-2]
• and 53 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Rodney Alexander [R, LA-5]
  • Rep. Michael Arcuri [D, NY-24]
  • Rep. Spencer Bachus [R, AL-6]
  • Rep. John Barrow [D, GA-12]
  • Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R, MD-6]
  • Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R, FL-9]
  • Rep. John Boozman [R, AR-3]
  • Rep. Vern Buchanan [R, FL-13]
  • Rep. Michael Burgess [R, TX-26]
  • Rep. Dan Burton [R, IN-5]
  • Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7]
  • Rep. Steven Chabot [R, OH-1]
  • Rep. K. Michael Conaway [R, TX-11]
  • Rep. Jim Cooper [D, TN-5]
  • Rep. Robert Cramer [D, AL-5]
  • Rep. Barbara Cubin [R, WY-0]
  • Rep. Jo Ann Davis [R, VA-1]
  • Rep. Lincoln Davis [D, TN-4]
  • Rep. Terry Everett [R, AL-2]
  • Rep. James Forbes [R, VA-4]
  • Rep. Virginia Foxx [R, NC-5]
  • Rep. John Gingrey [R, GA-11]
  • Rep. Virgil Goode [R, VA-5]
  • Rep. Robert Goodlatte [R, VA-6]
  • Rep. Ralph Hall [R, TX-4]
  • Rep. Robin Hayes [R, NC-8]
  • Rep. Walter Herger [R, CA-2]
  • Rep. Peter Hoekstra [R, MI-2]
  • Rep. Darrell Issa [R, CA-49]
  • Rep. Samuel Johnson [R, TX-3]
  • Rep. Ric Keller [R, FL-8]
  • Rep. Jack Kingston [R, GA-1]
  • Rep. John Kline [R, MN-2]
  • Rep. John Kuhl [R, NY-29]
  • Rep. Doug Lamborn [R, CO-5]
  • Rep. Steven LaTourette [R, OH-14]
  • Rep. Ron Lewis [R, KY-2]
  • Rep. James Marshall [D, GA-8]
  • Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R, MI-11]
  • Rep. Patrick Mchenry [R, NC-10]
  • Rep. Jeff Miller [R, FL-1]
  • Rep. Dennis Moore [D, KS-3]
  • Rep. Joseph Pitts [R, PA-16]
  • Rep. Deborah Pryce [R, OH-15]
  • Rep. Adam Putnam [R, FL-12]
  • Rep. Mike Ross [D, AR-4]
  • Rep. David Scott [D, GA-13]
  • Rep. Michael Simpson [R, ID-2]
  • Rep. Mark Souder [R, IN-3]
  • Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R, OH-12]
  • Rep. Timothy Walberg [R, MI-7]
  • Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R, GA-3]
  • Rep. Roger Wicker [R, MS-1]
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Committees

• House Judiciary
• 1 more
  • House Judiciary
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.2183

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
May 07, 2007

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• Jun 04, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
• May 07, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
• Introduced on May 07, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• S.1323

Related Issue Areas:

• Law
• Actions and defenses
• Business
• Consumers
• 16 more
• Damages
• Discovery (Law)
• Food
• Food industry
• Injunctions
• Jurisdiction
• Liability (Law)
• Marketing
• Medical care
• Medicine
• Obesity
• Products liability
• Retail trade
• State and local government
• State courts
• Trade associations

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