95 STAT. 718
Ante, p. 716. 5 USC app.
PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981 states that a substance in a product is a carcinogen, mutagen, or a teratogen, the Panel shall include in its report an estimate, if such an estimate is feasible, of the probable harm to human health that will result from exposure to the substance. "(C) A Panel appointed under section 28 shall terminate when it has submitted its report unless the Commission extends the existence of the Panel. "(D) The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply with respect to any Panel established under this section. "(c) Each Panel's report shall contain a complete statement of the basis for the Panel's determination. The Commission shall consider the report of the Panel and incorporate such report into the advance notice of proposed rulemaking and final rule.". CONGRESSIONAL VETO
SEC. 1207. (a) The Consumer Product Safety Act is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "CONGRESSIONAL VETO OF CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY RULES
15 USC 2083. Ante, p. 704.
"SEC. 36. (a) The Commission shall transmit to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives a copy of any consumer product safety rule promulgated by the Commission under section 9. "(b) Any rule specified in subsection (a) shall not take effect if— "(1) within the 90 calendar days of continuous session of the Congress which occur after the date of the promulgation of such rule, both Houses of the Congress adopt a concurrent resolution, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows (with the blank spaces appropriately filled): 'That the Congress disapproves the consumer product safety rule which was promulgated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission with respect to and which was transmitted to the Congress on and disapproves the rule for the following reasons: .'; or "(2) within the 60 calendar days of continuous session of the Congress which occur after the date of the promulgation of such rule, one House of the Congress adopts such concurrent resolution and transmits such resolution to the other House and such resolution is not disapproved by such other House within the 30 calendar days of continuous session of the Congress which occur after the date of such transmittal. "(c) Congressional inaction on, or rejection of, a concurrent resolution of disapproval under this section shall not be construed as an expression of approval of the rule involved, and shall not be construed to create any presumption of validity with respect to such rule. "(d) For purposes of this section— "(1) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of the Congress sine die; and "(2) the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of the periods of continuous session of the Congress specified in subsection (b).". (b) Subsection (1) of section 27 (15 U.S.C. 2076) is repealed. (c) The Federal Hazardous Substances Act is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
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