# Links to essential reading on the Lautenberg Act

*Published:* 2015-09-15
*Author:* 

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

***\[NOTE: THIS POST AND DOCUMENTS TO WHICH IT LINKS HAVE BEEN UPDATED: [PLEASE SEE THIS NEWER POST.](https://blogs.edf.org/health/2015/12/22/links-to-essential-reading-on-senate-and-house-tsca-reform-legislation/)\]***

The full Senate is expected soon to take up and vote on the *Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act* (the *Lautenberg Act* for short, [S. 697](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/697)), the bipartisan TSCA reform legislation introduced in the Senate in March and passed in revised form out of the Environment and Public Works Committee in April.

In anticipation of this, I am posting here an update to a series of blog posts that examine how the *Lautenberg Act* would address key flaws in the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). I am also posting links to brief and detailed side-by-sides of TSCA and the two bills, and also to two posts that address the contentious issue of preemption of state authority.

These posts compare the *Lautenberg Act* to current TSCA, and also to the *TSCA Modernization Act of 2015*, [H.R. 2576](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2576), the bipartisan legislation introduced in the House in May and passed by the full House in June.

All of these materials (including this post) are available at [blogs.edf.org/health](https://blogs.edf.org/health/). ***\[SEE UPDATED VERSIONS OF THESE DOCUMENTS [HERE](https://blogs.edf.org/health/2015/12/22/links-to-essential-reading-on-senate-and-house-tsca-reform-legislation/).\]***

- [How would TSCA reform legislation address key flaws in TSCA?](https://blogs.edf.org/health/wp-content/blogs.dir/11/files/2015/09/Update-of-TSCA-reform-legislation-5-part-series-final.pdf) *Update of our 5-part series on less talked-about but critically important elements of TSCA reform:*
    - *Enhancing testing authority*
    - *EPA review of new chemicals*
    - *How chemicals are selected for safety evaluations*
    - *Confidential business information*
    - *Consideration of costs and other non-risk factors*

- [Comparing the Senate and House TSCA reform legislation: A side-by-side](https://blogs.edf.org/health/2015/06/29/comparing-the-senate-and-house-tsca-reform-legislation-a-side-by-side/)
- [And now the gory details: A deep-dive comparison of the Senate and House TSCA reform legislation](https://blogs.edf.org/health/2015/06/30/and-now-the-gory-details-a-deep-dive-comparison-of-the-senate-and-house-tsca-reform-legislation/)
- [Understanding preemption in the Lautenberg Act](https://blogs.edf.org/health/2015/05/08/updated-understanding-preemption-in-the-lautenberg-act/)
- [A mixed bag: Comparing the preemption provisions of the House and Senate TSCA reform bills](https://blogs.edf.org/health/2015/06/30/a-mixed-bag-comparing-the-preemption-provisions-of-the-house-and-senate-tsca-reform-bills/)
- [How the Senate and House TSCA reform bills stack up against the Administration’s Principles for TSCA Reform](https://blogs.edf.org/health/2015/07/08/how-the-senate-and-house-tsca-reform-bills-stack-up-against-the-administrations-principles-for-tsca-reform/)
- [We don’t know how many chemicals are in use today. We should know.](https://blogs.edf.org/health/2015/07/13/we-dont-know-how-many-chemicals-are-in-use-today-we-should-know/)