Senate cosmetics national uniformity revised language negotiations delay floor debate.
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
COSMETICS NATIONAL UNIFORMITY REVISED LANGUAGE SENATE NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE as Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) try to reach an agreement acceptable to both parties. Still at issue with the national uniformity provision are the potential preemption of state safety regulations for cosmetics and California's Proposition 65. Although negotiations continue between Kennedy and Gregg, the debate over cosmetics national uniformity appears to be an important factor behind the hold-up of Senate floor debate on Labor & Human Resources Chairman James Jeffords' (R-Vt.) FDA Modernization and Accountability Act (S 830).