HR 4167 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

National Uniformity for Food Act of 2005

Introduced Oct 27, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Mike Rogers R-MI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 9, 2006 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedOct 27, 2005
  2. Passed HouseMar 8, 2006
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

National Uniformity for Food Act of 2005 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to prohibit any state or political subdivision from establishing or continuing in effect for any food in interstate commerce: (1) any requirement that is not identical to specified FFDCA provisions (that does not have substantially the same language and the differences would result in the imposition of materially different requirements), including those related to adulterated foods, unsafe food additives, and new animal drugs; or (2) any notification requirement that provides for a warning concerning the food's safety that is not identical to FFDCA provisions. Allows: (1) a state or political subdivision to enforce a state law that contains a requirement that is identical to a requirement in such FFDCA provisions unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services has considered a proposal for, and published a determination not to promulgate, a regulation relating to such requirement; and (2) current state notification or food safety requirements to continue for 180 days, during which such state may petition for an exemption or a new national standard.

Allows a state to petition for an exemption or to establish a national standard regarding any requirement under FFDCA or the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act relating to food regulation. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Service to provide such an exemption if the requirement: (1) protects an important public interest that would otherwise be unprotected; (2) would not cause any food to be in violation of any federal law; and (3) would not unduly burden interstate commerce. Requires the Secretary to expedite consideration of such a petition that involves a notification requirement to warn of cancer or reproductive or birth defects or to provide information that will allow parents or guardians to understand, monitor, or limit a child's exposure to cancer-causing agents or reproductive or developmental toxins.

Allows a state to establish a requirement that would otherwise violate FFDCA provisions relating to national uniform nutrition labeling or this Act if the requirement is needed to address an imminent hazard to health that is likely to result in serious adverse health consequences and if other requirements are met.

Declares that this Act does not preempt state and local laws relating to freshness dating, open date labeling, grade labeling, a state inspection stamp, religious dietary labeling, organic or natural designation, returnable bottle labeling, unit pricing, a statement of geographic origin, dietary supplements, or a consumer advisory relating to food sanitation imposed on a food establishment or recommended by the Secretary.

(Sec. 3) Provides that this Act only takes effect if the Secretary certifies to Congress that its implementation will pose no additional risk to the public health or safety from terrorists attacks relating to the food supply.

(Sec. 4) Excludes from the scope of this Act any state law, regulation, proposition, or other action that establishes a notification requirement regarding the presence or potential effects of mercury in fish and shellfish.

Recorded votes 6

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Roll callQuestionResultDate
House 32Passed283–139Mar 8, 2006
House 31Failed170–254Mar 8, 2006
House 30Agreed to253–168Mar 8, 2006
House 29Failed161–259Mar 8, 2006
House 28Failed164–255Mar 8, 2006
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Cosponsors 226

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 27, 2005 to Dec 15, 2005, with 158 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-FLAllen BoydOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-FLAnder CrenshawOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-KYAnne M. NorthupOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-ALArtur DavisOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-WYBarbara CubinOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-TNBart GordonOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-KYBen ChandlerOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-PABill ShusterOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-COBob BeauprezOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NCBob EtheridgeOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-VABob GoodlatteOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-IDC. L. (Butch) OtterOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-WACathy McMorris RodgersOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-NHCharles F. BassOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-MSCharles W. "Chip" PickeringOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-LACharles W. Boustany, Jr.OriginalOct 27, 2005
R-GACharles W. NorwoodOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-UTChris CannonOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-INChris ChocolaOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-MNCollin C. PetersonOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-OKDan BorenOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-CADana RohrabacherOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-MIDave CampOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-OHDeborah PryceOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-CADennis A. CardozaOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-KSDennis MooreOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-MTDenny RehbergOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-CADevin NunesOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-PADon SherwoodOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-ILDonald A. ManzulloOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-KYEd WhitfieldOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-CAEdward R. RoyceOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-CAElton GalleglyOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-VAEric CantorOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-OKFrank D. LucasOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-MIFred UptonOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-KYGeoff DavisOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-CAGeorge RadanovichOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-NMHeather WilsonOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-TXHenry BonillaOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-NCHoward CobleOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-MOIke SkeltonOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-GAJack KingstonOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-NHJeb BradleyOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-TXJeb HensarlingOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-KSJerry MoranOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-ILJerry WellerOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-PAJim GerlachOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-AZJim KolbeOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-GAJim MarshallOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-UTJim MathesonOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-MNJim RamstadOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-VAJo Ann DavisOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-MOJo Ann EmersonOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-ALJo BonnerOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-SCJoe WilsonOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-OHJohn A. BoehnerOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-AZJohn B. ShadeggOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-GAJohn BarrowOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-NYJohn E. SweeneyOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-TNJohn J. Duncan, Jr.OriginalOct 27, 2005
R-MIJohn J.H. "Joe" SchwarzOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-MNJohn KlineOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-GAJohn LinderOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-NYJohn R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.OriginalOct 27, 2005
R-TXJohn R. CarterOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-ILJohn ShimkusOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-OKJohn SullivanOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-CAJohn T. DoolittleOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-NVJon C. PorterOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-PAJoseph R. PittsOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-ILJudy BiggertOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-TXK. Michael ConawayOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-TXKay GrangerOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-CAKen CalvertOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-MOKenny C. HulshofOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-TXKenny MarchantOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-NELee TerryOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-TNLincoln DavisOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-FLLincoln Diaz-BalartOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-GALynn A. WestmorelandOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-COMarilyn N. MusgraveOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-ARMarion BerryOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-INMark E. SouderOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-FLMark FoleyOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-WIMark GreenOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-ILMark KirkOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-MNMark R. KennedyOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-TNMarsha BlackburnOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-PAMelissa A. HartOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-TXMichael C. BurgessOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-INMichael E. SodrelOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-OHMichael G. OxleyOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-MEMichael H. MichaudOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-IDMichael K. SimpsonOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-NJMike FergusonOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NCMike McIntyreOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-INMike PenceOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-ARMike RossOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-OHPatrick J. TiberiOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-OHPaul E. GillmorOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-MIPeter HoekstraOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-PAPhil EnglishOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-GAPhil GingreyOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-ILRahm EmanuelOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-TXRalph M. HallOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-OHRalph RegulaOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-ILRay LaHoodOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-CARichard W. PomboOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-VARick BoucherOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-ALRobert B. AderholtOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-ALRobert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.OriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-NCRobin HayesOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-LARodney AlexanderOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-MSRoger F. WickerOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-KYRon LewisOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-MORoy BluntOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-MOSam GravesOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-TXSam JohnsonOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalOct 27, 2005
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-WVShelley Moore CapitoOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-NYSherwood BoehlertOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-TXSolomon P. OrtizOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-NMStevan PearceOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-OHSteven C. LaTouretteOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-NYSue W. KellyOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-OHTed StricklandOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-MIThaddeus G. McCotterOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-VAThelma D. DrakeOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-ILTimothy V. JohnsonOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-KSTodd TiahrtOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-VATom DavisOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-IATom LathamOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-NETom OsborneOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-GATom PriceOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-MIVernon J. EhlersOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-VAVirgil H. Goode Jr.OriginalOct 27, 2005
R-CAWally HergerOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-NCWalter B. JonesOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-LAWilliam J. JeffersonOriginalOct 27, 2005
R-TNZach WampOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-GADavid ScottOct 28, 2005
D-TNHarold E. Ford Jr.Oct 28, 2005
R-SCJ. Gresham BarrettOct 28, 2005
R-COJoel HefleyOct 28, 2005
D-NYMajor R. OwensOct 28, 2005
R-CTRob SimmonsOct 28, 2005
R-WADoc HastingsNov 3, 2005
R-FLE. Clay Shaw Jr.Nov 3, 2005
R-NJFrank A. LoBiondoNov 3, 2005
R-FLGinny Brown-WaiteNov 3, 2005
R-ORGreg WaldenNov 3, 2005
D-TNJim CooperNov 3, 2005
R-CTNancy L. JohnsonNov 3, 2005
R-NCPatrick T. McHenryNov 3, 2005
R-WIPaul D. RyanNov 3, 2005
R-UTRob BishopNov 3, 2005
R-NCSue Wilkins MyrickNov 3, 2005
R-PATim MurphyNov 3, 2005
R-PATodd Russell PlattsNov 3, 2005
R-LABobby JindalNov 18, 2005
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenNov 18, 2005
D-ILMelissa L. BeanNov 18, 2005
R-TXMichael T. McCaulNov 18, 2005
R-WIThomas E. PetriNov 18, 2005
R-OKTom ColeNov 18, 2005
R-NCVirginia FoxxNov 18, 2005
R-MOW. Todd AkinNov 18, 2005
R-SCBob InglisDec 8, 2005
D-LACharlie MelanconDec 8, 2005
R-CTChristopher ShaysDec 8, 2005
R-FLConnie MackDec 8, 2005
D-ILDaniel LipinskiDec 8, 2005
R-OHDavid L. HobsonDec 8, 2005
D-MSGene TaylorDec 8, 2005
R-MNGil GutknechtDec 8, 2005
R-FLJeff MillerDec 8, 2005
R-ARJohn BoozmanDec 8, 2005
R-PAJohn E. PetersonDec 8, 2005
D-COJohn T. SalazarDec 8, 2005
R-FLKatherine HarrisDec 8, 2005
R-FLRic KellerDec 8, 2005
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesDec 8, 2005
R-COThomas G. TancredoDec 8, 2005
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayDec 8, 2005
R-MICandice S. MillerDec 13, 2005
R-FLCliff StearnsDec 13, 2005
R-WADavid G. ReichertDec 13, 2005
R-NJJim SaxtonDec 13, 2005
R-NYJohn M. McHughDec 13, 2005
D-PAPaul E. KanjorskiDec 13, 2005
R-IASteve KingDec 13, 2005
R-NYThomas M. ReynoldsDec 13, 2005
R-PACurt WeldonDec 14, 2005
D-ILJerry F. CostelloDec 14, 2005
R-LAJim McCreryDec 14, 2005
R-IAJim NussleDec 14, 2005
R-KSJim RyunDec 14, 2005
D-SDStephanie Herseth SandlinDec 14, 2005
D-NYSteve IsraelDec 14, 2005
R-TXTed PoeDec 14, 2005
R-TNWilliam L. JenkinsDec 14, 2005
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldDec 15, 2005
R-SCHenry E. Brown, Jr.Dec 15, 2005
R-VAJ. Randy ForbesDec 15, 2005
R-OHJean SchmidtDec 15, 2005
D-CAJim CostaDec 15, 2005
D-GANathan DealDec 15, 2005
D-PATim HoldenDec 15, 2005

Actions 40

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 9, 2006Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  2. Mar 8, 2006Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H739-758; text of measure as reported in House: CR H739-741)
  3. Mar 8, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 710, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Barton amendment.
  4. Mar 8, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 710, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Rogers (MI) amendment.
  5. Mar 8, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 710, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Wasserman Schultz amendment.
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Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HRES 702Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4167) to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements, and for other purposes.Procedurally relatedMar 2, 2006
HRES 710Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4167) to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements, and for other purposes.Procedurally relatedMar 8, 2006
S 3128National Uniformity for Food Act of 2006Related billJul 27, 2006

Subjects

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Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 28, 2006Reported in House
  2. Oct 27, 2005Introduced in House

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