National Uniformity for Food Act of 2006
Latest action · Jul 27, 2006 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-741.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 25, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Uniformity for Food Act of 2006 - 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 any requirement that is not identical to specified FFDCA provisions (that would result in materially different requirements), including those related to adulterated foods, unsafe food additives, new animal drugs, and warnings concerning food safety. Allows state enforcement of identical provisions unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services has determined that such state provisions should not be enforced.
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 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.
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 certain state and local laws relating to labeling or a consumer advisory relating to food sanitation imposed on a food establishment or recommended by the Secretary.
Declares that the Act takes effect only if the Secretary certifies to Congress that implementation will pose no additional risk to the public health or safety from terrorist acts relating to the food supply.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 25, 2006 to Nov 13, 2006; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NE | Ben Nelson | Original | May 25, 2006 |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Original | May 25, 2006 |
| R-SC | Jim DeMint | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| R-NH | Judd Gregg | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Jul 13, 2006 | |
| R-MO | Christopher S. Bond | Jul 21, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Rick Santorum | Jul 21, 2006 | |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Jul 25, 2006 | |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Jul 28, 2006 | |
| R-VA | George Allen | Sep 6, 2006 | |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Sep 12, 2006 | |
| R-TX | Kay Bailey Hutchison | Sep 12, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred May 25, 2006Hearings Jul 27, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 27, 2006Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-741.
- May 25, 2006Introduced in Senate
- May 25, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 109-816 | NOMINATION OF ANDREW VON ESCHENBACH and PAUL DeCAMP156 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Aug 1, 2006 |
| S. Hrg. 109-741 | S. 3128: THE NATIONAL UNIFORMITY FOR FOOD ACT137 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Jul 27, 2006 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4167 | National Uniformity for Food Act of 2005 | Related bill | Mar 9, 2006 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Uniformity for Food Act of 2006
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Agriculture and Food
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Consumer education
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Dietary supplements
- Emergency Management
- Federal preemption
- Federal-state relations
- Food safety
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health warnings
- Judicial review
- Labeling
- Law
- Local laws
- Packaging
- Public service advertising
- Right of petition
- Standards
- State laws
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 25, 2006Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.