The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee aims to put out a staff discussion draft on cosmetics reform by Feb. 23 and mark up related legislation April 18, according to a Feb. 8 statement on the committee's spring agenda released by Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Ranking Member Patty Murray, D-Wash. The lawmakers do not cite a specific cosmetics bill, with two proposals currently under Senate consideration. (Also see "Surprise Hatch Bill Lays Middle Ground For Cosmetic Regulatory Reform" - HBW Insight, 26 October, 2017.)
Their planned markup session in April also will include the draft Over-the-Counter Drug Safety Innovation and Reform Act, the committee...