Key Votes
HR 4167 - National Uniformity for Food Act - Key Vote
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Eleanor Norton voted NA (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- March 9, 2006 Senate Bill Sent To Committee
- March 8, 2006 House Bill Passed
- Oct. 27, 2005 Introduced
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Legislation - Bill Sent To Committee (Senate) - March 9, 2006
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (283-139) - March 8, 2006 (Key vote)
Title: National Uniformity for Food Act
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill allowing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish national food safety warning standards.
Highlights:
- Requires states to follow all FDA food warning standards 180 days after the bill becomes law (Sec. 2).
- Allows states to petition for an exemption or to create a national food warning standard (Sec. 2).
- Allows states to establish an "imminent hazard to health" notification requirement on food products, if the product may have serious health effects or death (Sec. 2).
- Declares that states may still impose regulations and notices dealing with mercury content in fish and shellfish (Sec. 4).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Oct. 27, 2005
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- Robert B. Aderholt (AL - R)
- W. Todd Akin (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Rodney M. Alexander (LA - R)
- Robert E. 'Rob' Andrews (NJ - D)
- J. Gresham Barrett (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Barrow (GA - D)
- Charles F. 'Charlie' Bass (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Melissa Bean (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bob Beauprez (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Marion Berry (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Judy Biggert (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Rob Bishop (UT - R)
- Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA - D)
- Marsha Blackburn (TN - R)
- Roy Blunt (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Sherwood L. 'Sherry' Boehlert (NY - R) (Out Of Office)
- John A. Boehner (OH - R)
- Henry Bonilla (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Josiah Robins 'Jo' Bonner Jr. (AL - R)
- John N. Boozman (AR - R) (Out Of Office)
- David Daniel 'Dan' Boren (OK - D) (Out Of Office)
- Frederick C. 'Rick' Boucher (VA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Charles W. Boustany Jr. (LA - R)
- Allen Boyd Jr. (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jeb E. Bradley (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Henry E. Brown Jr. (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Virginia 'Ginny' Brown-Waite (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael C. Burgess (TX - R)
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- William Lacy Clay Jr. (MO - D)
- John Howard Coble (NC - R)
- Tom Cole (OK - R)
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