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Economic Stimulus
527 Political Organizations
Agriculture Outlook
Alternative Minimum Tax - AMT (January 2007)
Alternative Minimum Tax
Amtrak
Antibiotic Use in Animals and its Impact on Human Resistance to Bacteria
Asbestos: Litigation and Legislation
Avian Flu and Emergency Preparedness (November 2005)
Aviation Industry Issues
Aviation Security
Bankruptcy Law May 2005
Bank Tying
Basel II
Biofuels (October 2007)
Biotechnology and Food Safety
Bioterrorism
Broadband Infrastructure (December 2007)
Broadband
Broadcast Flag
Business Activity Taxes
Budget Deficits
BSE/Mad Cow Disease
Campaign Finance Tools
California Greenhouse Gases and CAFE (September 2005)
CAFE Standard
CAFTA
Chemical Plant Security (April 2007)
Chemical Plant Security
China's Currency
Clean Water Act: Water Quality (October 2007)
Climate Change 2007
Clinical Drug Trials
Community-Owned Networks
Competitive Sourcing
Congestion Pricing
Consumer Credit: Credit Reports and Credit Scoring
Consumer Safety/ Food Safety/Import Safety
Corporate Taxes
Country-of-Origin Food Labeling
Cyber Security January 2006
Cyber Security
Data Mining
Data Quality Final Rules
Data Security
Data Security Breaches
Digital Software Piracy
Digital Television
Disability Insurance
Drinking Water Safety & Infrastructure
Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertising
Drug Re-Importation
Drug Safety
E-Health/Information Technology
Earmarks
Economic Stimulus January 2008
Economic Stimulus Proposals
Education and Economic Growth
E-Health Information Technology
Election 2008: Democratic Presidential Candidates
Election 2008: Republican Presidential Candidates
Electronic Voting (September 2006)
Eminent Domain (August 2005)
Employee Monitoring/Workplace Privacy
Endangered Species (2005)
Employer-Based Health Care
Endangered Species
Electronic Voting
Emergency National Preparedness
Energy Efficiency/Conservation October 2005
Energy Efficiency
Energy Issues
Ergonomics
Estate Tax
Ethanol, MTBE
European Union Chemicals Policy
European Union Resources
Executive Compensation (January 2006)
Executive Order: 13422 (November 2007)
Farm Bill and Conservation
Farm Credit and the Horizon's Project
FDA Regulation of Tobacco
FERC - Standards Market Design and Structure
Financial Privacy
FOIA
Economic Costs of Flu Pandemic (April 2006)
Farm Labor (November 2007)
Food Safety and Security Post 911
Food Quality Protection Act (August 2006)
Foreign-Controlled American Debt (July 2006)
Foreign Workers: H-1B Visas
Forest Management Issues
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae
Free Trade Agreements - Economic Value of (January 2006)
Fuel Cells
Fuel Economy
The Future of Employer-Based Health Benefits (December 2005)
G8 Summit June 1-3, 2003
G8 Summit Gleneagles, Scotland July 6-8, 2005
GASB 45: State and Local Governments: Post Employment Benefits (March 2006)
GSEs - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Generic Drugs
Global Warming 2005
Global Warming
Government Contractors (October 2007)
Government Contractors and Role in Federal Government
Government Contracts and Katrina (February 2006)
Government Openness
Hague Convention
Health Care Costs for Employers, Governments, Private Consumers(September 2005)
Health Care Informatics/Health Care Information Technology
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) (February 2006)
Health Care Quality
Highway Safety
Homeland Security and the Federal Workforce
Human Research Subjects
ICANN - Internet Governance (November 2005)
Identity Theft December 2007
Identity Theft Update 2005
Identity Theft
Immigration: Guest Worker Program
Immigration and the United States Economy (November 2005)
Immigration Reform Issues (March 2006)
Income Inequality and Tax Reform (June 2007)
Income Inequality
Induce Act
Intellectual Property
International Trade Agreements: Textiles
Internet Gambling
Internet Privacy
Internet Radio
Internet Sales Tax
Invasive Species
Jobless Recovery
Job Safety
Liquid Natural Gas
Lobbying Reform (November 2007)
Lobbying Reform (May 2006)
Managed Care, Hospitals, & Physicians Contracts
Mass Transit
Meat and Poultry Inspections
Media Ownership Regulations (July 2006)
Media Ownership
Medical Errors
Medical Malpractice April 2007
Medical Malpractice December 2004 Updated
Medical Malpractice
Medicare
Medicare Part D
Mercury Emissions
Minimum Wage
Multi-Pollutant Emissions
Mutual Fund Trading Practices Scandal and Fee Issues
NAFTA
Nanotech News
Nanotechnology and Safety (December 2005)
Nanotechnology
News Source Review (March 2007)
National Flood Insurance Reform
Net Neutrality (Updated June 2006)
Net Neutrality (February 2006)
New Source Review (March 2007)
New Source Review Pending Investigations
New Source Review
Nuclear Waste/Yucca Mountain (October 2006)
Obesity and Public Policy
Occupational Safety and Literacy
Offshore Oil Drilling
Oil Royalties Program
OMB and Federal Regulations
Organic Pesticides
Outsourcing Issues
Overtime Rules
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Overtime Pay
Ozone Issues
Particulate Pollution
Patent Reform (June 2007)
Patent Reform (March 2007)
Patent Reform (June 2005)
Peak Oil Debate (December 2005)
Patent Reform (August 2006)
Pension Security Issues
Phishing
Pipeline safety (Septebmer 2006)
Pipelines
Port Security (March 2006)
Postal Reform
Presidential Candidates 2004
Prescription Drug Costs
Privacy & Surveillance
Productivity
RFID - Radio Frequency Identification (April 2006)
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Reauthorizing a Federal Job Training Program - Workforce Investment Act
Regional Economies
Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH)
Regulatory Accounting
Reports and Studies on the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003
R & D
Sarbanes-Oxley and Small Business May 2006
Sarbanes-Oxley: Section 404 (May 2005)
SCHIP - State Children's Health Insurance Program
Science Ethics
Sentencing Guidelines
Shareholder Activism and Corporate Responsibility
Small Business Disaster Relief and SBA Loans
Social Security - Individual Retirement Accounts
Social Security Reform - Price Indexing
Software Piracy (June 2006)
Software Piracy
SPAM - Unsolicited E-mails
Spyware (April 2006)
Stock Option Expensing
Spectrum Management
State/Regional Economies
Steel Tariff Issues
Sub Prime Mortgages
Stem Cells, Cloning
Student Loans
Superfund Sites
Supreme Court Nominee: Harriet Miers
Supreme Court Nominee: John Roberts
Supreme Court Nominee: Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
Tax Gap / Tax Compliance (April 2006)
Tax Payer's Bill of Rights
Tax Shelters
Tax Reform/Tax Simplification February 2005
Technology Transfer
Terror Financing
Terrorism Insurance
Tort Reform
Total Maximum Daily Loads
Toxic Release Inventory (May 2006)
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Medicines
Transportation Infrastructure (August 2007)
U.S. Competitiveness (March 2006)
Vaccination/Public Health
VOIP - Voice Over Internet Protocol
Voter Identification Laws
Water Infrastructure/Water Security
Wetlands
Workplace Safety May 2006
Workplace Safety
Yucca Mountain

Consumer Safety/ Food Safety/ Import Safety

September 2007

BNA's Web Watch is prepared by Laura Gordon-Murnane. E-mail suggestions for future weekly topics always welcome.

Federal Government

Pending Legislation
CPSC Reform Act of 2007

Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act (S. 1847)
Title: A bill to reauthorize the Consumer Product Safety Act, and for other purposes.
Status
Summary and Status

Children's Products Safety Act of 2007 (Introduced in Senate)
Children's Product Safety Act (S. 1833)
Status
Bill Summary and Status

Food and Drug Administration Act of 2007” (H.R. 3580)
Title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and for medical devices, to enhance the postmarket authorities of the Food and Drug Administration with respect to the safety of drugs, and for other purposes.
Status
Bill Summary and Status

Dingell Releases Draft Legislation to Improve Safety of Imported Food and Drugs
The Committee is conducting a broad investigation into the safety of the nation’s food and drug supply, particularly the declining ability of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct inspections and perform laboratory analysis...
News Release
Text of the Discussion Draft (pdf)
Summary of the Discussion Draft (pdf)

Congressional Hearings
Protecting Children from Lead-Tainted Imports
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Thursday, September 20, 2007
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Panel I
Dana Best, M.D., M.P.H.
American Academy of Pediatrics

Olivia D. Farrow, Esq., R.S.
Assistant Commissioner
Division of Environmental Health
Baltimore City Health Department
 
Michael Green
Executive Director
Center for Environmental Health

Lori Wallach
Director
Global Trade Watch

Mary Teagarden
Professor of Global Strategy
Thunderbird School of Global Management

Panel II
Carter Keithley
President
Toy Industry Association, Inc.

Allen Thompson
Vice President, Global Supply Chain Policy
Retail Industry Leaders Association

Michael Gale
Fashion Jewelry Trade Association

Gary E. Knell
CEO and President
Sesame Workshop

Kathie Morgan
Vice President, Technical Committee Operations
ATSM International

Protecting Children from Lead-Tainted Imports
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
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Panel I
The Honorable Nancy A. Nord
Acting Chairman
Consumer Product Safety Commission

The Honorable Thomas H. Moore
Commissioner
Consumer Product Safety Commission

Panel II
Mr. Robert A. Eckert
Chairman and CEO
Mattel Inc.

Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services And General Government Hearing (September 12, 2007)
Hearing on Toy Safety

Durbin Hearing on Toy Safety Focuses on Problems with Chinese Imports
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Includes Timeline on Durbin’s Efforts on Consumer Safety

Listening Session on the Safety of Chinese Imports: Oversight and Analysis of the Federal Response Full Committee
Wednesday, July 18, 2007 10:00 AM
SR - 253 View Archive Webcast

Witnesses (Provided by the National Association of Manufacturers)
National Association of Manufacturers

Consumer Product Safety Commission

American Enterprise Institute

Consumers Union

Center for Science in the Public Interest

Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Legislation to Improve Consumer Product Safety for Children: H.R. 2474, H.R. 1699, H.R. 814, and H.R. 1721 (June 6, 2007)
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