Gulf Oyster Industry Jobs Protection Act
Latest action · Nov 9, 2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
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- IntroducedNov 9, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Gulf Oyster Industry Jobs Protection Act - Prohibits the use of funds made available to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to require that oysters be treated with post-harvest processing or other treatment or cooking requirements that result in a prohibition on selling or consuming raw oysters.
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA) and in cooperation with the oyster industry and the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference, to conduct an education campaign to increase awareness of the risks associated with consuming raw oysters.
Prohibits any proposed regulation or guidance issued by the Secretary that affects the harvesting, processing, or transportation of seafood harvested in the United States from becoming final or taking effect until the Secretary submits to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains: (1) a cost-benefit analysis, economic impact study, and health impact analysis of such proposed regulation or guidance; and (2) an analysis that compares such proposed regulation or guidance to any similar regulations or guidance with respect to other regulated foods and that compares the risks associated with seafood and the instances of those risks in such other regulated foods.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 9, 2009 to Nov 18, 2009, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | Nov 9, 2009 |
| R-FL | George S. LeMieux | Original | Nov 9, 2009 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Nov 9, 2009 |
| R-TX | Kay Bailey Hutchison | Original | Nov 9, 2009 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | Nov 9, 2009 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Nov 10, 2009 | |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Nov 10, 2009 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Nov 18, 2009 |
Actions 2
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- Nov 9, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Nov 9, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
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- Nov 9, 2009Introduced in Senate
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