Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007
Latest action · Aug 1, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedAug 1, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to require the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to conduct a study that: (1) describes the science concerning the disease mechanisms and health effects of exposure to asbestos and other biopersistent durable fibers and methods for measuring and analyzing asbestos; (2) describes labeling practices relating to asbestos-containing material; and (3) recommends future asbestos-related disease research and exposure assessment practice needs.
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations that prohibit the importing, manufacturing, processing, or distributing of asbestos-containing products, subject to limited exemption upon petition and specified exemptions sought by the Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Requires the disposal of asbestos-containing products within two years. Exempts products that are no longer in the stream of commerce or that are in the possession of an end user.
Requires the Administrator to establish a plan to: (1) increase awareness of the dangers posed by asbestos-containing products and contaminants in homes and workplaces and by asbestos-related diseases; (2) provide information to, and encourage participation in research and treatment endeavors by, asbestos-related disease patients and their families and front-line health care providers; and (3) encourage health care providers and researchers to provide to patients and their families information relating to research, diagnostic, and clinical treatments relating to asbestos.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand and coordinate research programs on diseases caused by asbestos exposure, particularly mesothelioma, asbestosis, and pleural injuries; (2) provide for establishment of a national clearinghouse for data and specimens relating to asbestos-related diseases; (3) require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish an asbestos-related disease research and treatment network; and (4) direct the Secretary to support research on mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases that is directly relevant to the health of the Armed Forces.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2007Introduced in House
- Aug 1, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Aug 1, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
- Aug 1, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 742 | Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 | Identical bill | Oct 5, 2007 |
| HR 3339 | Bruce Vento Ban Asbestos and Prevent Mesothelioma Act of 2007 | Related bill | Aug 2, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative procedure
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Asbestos
- Cancer
- Clinical trials
- Commerce
- Consumer education
- Data banks
- Economics and Public Finance
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Environmental research
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal aid to research
- Fibers
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Hazardous wastes
- Health
- Health education
- Health information systems
- Import restrictions
- Labeling
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Lung cancer
- Lung diseases
- Manufacturing industries
- Medical research
- Medical screening
- Medical tests
- Military medicine
- Minerals
- Occupational health and safety
- Pain
- Preventive medicine
- Product safety
- Refuse and refuse disposal
- Research centers
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Veterans' hospitals
- Veterans' medical care
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2007Introduced in House
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