Pallone, Pitts Committed To Cosmetics Legislation In “This Congress”
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
During a markup of an FDA user-fee bill, legislators from both sides of the aisle affirmed their intent to tackle cosmetics regulation in a separate, stand-alone bill later this year. The user-fee bill omitted a section that was in place previously to implement cosmetics user fees.
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