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To make effective the proposed rule of the Food and Drug Administration relating to sunscreen drug products, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

May 20, 2009CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. REED) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To make effective the proposed rule of the Food and Drug Administration relating to sunscreen drug products, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Sunscreen Labeling Protection Act of 2009’ or the ‘SUN Act’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE FOR RULE RELATING TO SUNSCREEN DRUG PRODUCTS FOR OVER-THE-COUNTER HUMAN USE.

Notwithstanding subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘Administrative Procedure Act’) and any other provision of law, the proposed rule issued by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs entitled ‘Sunscreen Drug Products for Over-the-Counter Human Use; Proposed Amendment of Final Monograph’, 72 Fed. Reg. 49070 (August 27, 2007), shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, unless such Commissioner issues the final rule, which includes formulation, labeling, and testing requirements for both ultraviolet B (UVB) and ultraviolet A (UVA) radiation protection, before such effective date.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink