# Comparing the Senate and House TSCA reform legislation:  A side-by-side

*Published:* 2015-06-29
*Author:* 

*Richard Denison, Ph.D.,* is a Lead Senior Scientist.

*\[UPDATE 2-15-16: I have also posted an updated [detailed side-by-side comparison of the bills here](https://blogs.edf.org/health/wp-content/blogs.dir/11/files/2016/02/Side-by-side-TSCA-S.-697-H.R.2576-2-14-16c.pdf).\]*

Last week, the House of Representatives passed the TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 ([H.R. 2576](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2576)), its bill to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The Senate is poised to consider its own bill, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act ([S. 697](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/697)), within the next few weeks.

How would these bills address the key flaws in current TSCA? The chart below provides a 35,000-foot-level comparison of the two bills. It’s also available as a [PDF here](https://blogs.edf.org/health/wp-content/blogs.dir/11/files/2015/06/TSCA-Lautenberg-Act-House-bill-6-29-15.pdf).

[![Side-by-side page 1-4](https://blogs.edf.org/health/wp-content/blogs.dir/11/files/2015/06/Side-by-side-page-1-4.jpg)](https://blogs.edf.org/health/wp-content/blogs.dir/11/files/2015/06/Side-by-side-page-1-4.jpg)