[20160330]IN10430_国会努力修订《有毒物质控制法案》（TSCA）第一篇.pdf

CRS INSIGHTCongressional Efforts to Amend Title I of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)March 30, 2016 (IN10430) | Related AuthorJerry H. Yen |Jerry H. Yen, Analyst in Environmental Policy (jyencrs.loc.gov, 7-9113)In 2015, the House and the Senate both passed legislation that would amend Title I of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA; 15 U.S.C. 2601-2629). Enacted in 1976, Title I of TSCA is the principal federal statute that applies to the regulation of the lifecycle of commercial chemicals from their manufacture (defined to include importation) to disposal if elements of the lifecycle are found to present unreasonable risks. Selected differences between the House and the Senate legislation are discussed below.On June 23, 2015, the House passed H.R. 2576, the TSCA Modernization Act of 2015. Prior to passage in the House, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce reported H.R. 2576; the report is H.Rept. 114-176. On December 17, 2015, the Senate passed a substitute amendment (S.Amdt. 2932) to H.R. 2576. The Senate substitute amendment was based on S. 697, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, and includes additional provisions that would amend th