| Date |
Bill
Number |
Bill Name |
Sponsor
[Co-sponsors] |
Status |
Dates of
Referral |
Floor
Action |
|---|
| 1/19/99 |
S. 18 |
Safer Meat and Poultry Act of 1999 (Gives USDA the authority to recall meat and poultry and levy civil penalties) |
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) [Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sen. Richard Bryan (D-NV), Sen. Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL), Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD), Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY), Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV), Sen. Robert Toricelli (D-NJ), Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-MN)] |
Read twice; referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. |
1/19/99 |
None |
| 2/24/99 |
H.R. 830 |
Imported Food Safety Act of 1999 (Improves FDA's oversight of foreign food) |
Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), [Rep. Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Rep. David Bonoir (D-MI), Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-CA), Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA), Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rep. Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN), Rep. Gene Green (D-TX), Rep. Ron Klink (D-PA), Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA), Rep. Karen McCarthy (D-MO), Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL), Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY), Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI), Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), Rep. Albert Wynn (D-MD)] |
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce; referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. |
2/24/99;
3/11/99 |
None |
| 3/25/99 |
H.R. 1346 |
National Uniform Food Safety Labeling Act of 1999 (Improves the disclosure of information on food labels) |
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), [Rep. David Bonoir (D-MI), Rep. Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Rep. Gene Green (D-TX), Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Rep. Carrie Meek (D-FL), Rep. George Miller (D-CA), Rep. Patsy Mink (D-HI),
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), Rep. Steve Rothman (D-NJ), Rep. Marge Roukema (R-NJ), Rep. Robert Underwood (D-GU), Rep. Albert Wynn (D-MD)] |
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce; referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. |
3/25/99;
4/12/99 |
None |
| 4/15/99 |
S. 823 |
Fruit and Vegetable Safety Act of 1999 (Requires good manufacturing practices for processed produce) |
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), [Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL), Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)] |
Read twice; referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. |
4/15/99 |
None |
| 4/28/99 |
S. 908,
H.R. 1612 |
Consumer Food Safety Act of 1999 (Establishes a comprehensive food safety program for FDA-regulated foods) |
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), [Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL), Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)],
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), [Rep. David Bonoir (D-MI), Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-CA), Rep. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Rep. Martin Frost (D-TX), Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH), Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Rep. James McGovern (D-MA), Rep. John Olver (D-MA), Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), Rep. Lynn Rivers (D-MI), Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL), Rep. Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY), Rep. Fortney Stark (D-CA), Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)] |
Referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; referred to the House Committee on Commerce; referred to House Subcommittee on Health and Environment. |
4/28/99;
5/17/99 |
None |
| 5/26/99 |
S. 1126 |
Imported Food Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (Gives FDA greater authority to inspect imported foods) |
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) |
Read twice; referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,and Forestry. |
5/26/99 |
None |
| 6/24/99 |
S. 1281,
H.R. 2345 |
Safe Food Act of 1999
(Creates a Single Food Safety Agency) |
Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL), [Sen. Max Cleland (D-GA), Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Sen. Robert Toricelli (D-NJ)]; Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), [Rep. David Bonoir (D-MI), Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-CA), Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL), Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rep. Michael Doyle (D-PA), Rep. Eni Faleomanvaega (D-AS), Rep. Martin Frost (D-TX), Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI), Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA), Rep. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Rep. William Lipinski (D-IA), Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY), Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA), Rep. James McGovern (D-MA), Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), Rep. Lynn Rivers (D-MI), Rep. Tim Roemer (D-IN), Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY), Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D-NY), Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), Rep. Albert Wynn (D-MD) |
Read twice; referred to the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, referred to Sen. Subcommittee on Oversight and Government Management; referred to House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Commerce, referred to House Subcommittees on Livestock and Horticulture, on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition,and Forestry, and on Health and Environment. |
6/24/99;
7/30/99;
6/24/99;
7/6/99;
7/7/99 |
None |
| 11/5/99 |
S. 1868 |
Egg Safety Act of 1999 (To improve the safety of shell eggs) |
Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL), [Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)] |
Read twice; referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. |
11/5/99 |
None |
Source: Recipe for Safe Food Campaign, Center for Science in the Public Interest
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