Genetically Engineered Safety Act
Latest action · Dec 19, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
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.
- IntroducedDec 2, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Genetically Engineered Safety Act - Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crop Safety Act of 2011 - Prohibits: (1) a pharmaceutical crop or industrial crop from being grown, raised, or otherwise cultivated until the final regulations and tracking system required by this Act are in effect; and (2) cultivation of a pharmaceutical crop or industrial crop in an open air environment, or in a food commonly used for human food or domestic animal feed.
Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a tracking system to regulate the growing, handling, transportation, and disposal of all pharmaceutical and industrial crops and their byproducts to prevent contamination.
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to assess civil penalties for violations of such provisions.
Directs the National Academy of Sciences to report on alternative methods to produce pharmaceuticals or industrial chemicals that may be conducted in controlled production facilities without the risk of contamination.
Genetically Engineered Food Safety Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to include genetically engineered food in the definition of "food additive."
Sets forth requirements governing petitions to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for a regulation prescribing the conditions of safe use of a genetically engineered food additive, including information to be included in the petition and factors to be considered by the Secretary in making a decision.
Authorizes civil actions against: (1) a person alleged to have violated FFDCA provisions regulating genetic food additives, and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services for failure to perform a mandatory act or duty related to genetic food additives.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect a filing fee for petitions to: (1) defray costs related to such petitions, and (2) provide for research on the safety of genetic food additives.
Authorizes an officer or employee conducting an inspection to order the detention of food if such person has reason to believe that such food violates the FFDCA. Requires all food retailers to register with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expedite recalls, embargoes, and seizures.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 2, 2011 to Apr 18, 2012; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Dec 2, 2011 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Dec 2, 2011 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jan 18, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Apr 18, 2012 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Dec 2, 2011 |
| Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee | Referred Dec 19, 2011 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Dec 2, 2011 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 9, 2011 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
- Dec 9, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 2, 2011Introduced in House
- Dec 2, 2011Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H8125.
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the open-air cultivation of genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops, to prohibit the use of common human food or animal feed as the host plant for a genetically engineered pharmaceutical or industrial chemical, to establish a tracking system to regulate the growing, handling, transportation, and disposal of pharmaceutical and industrial crops and their byproducts to prevent human, animal, and general environmental exposure to genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops and their byproducts, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of genetically engineered foods, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Genetically Engineered Safety Act
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Genetically Engineered Food Safety Act
- Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crop Safety Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Agricultural practices and innovations
- Agriculture and Food
- Business records
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Environmental health
- Food industry and services
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Genetics
- Government information and archives
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Medical research
- Retail and wholesale trades
- User charges and fees
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 2, 2011Introduced in House
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.
