# Initial analyses of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act

*Published:* 2016-05-23
*Author:* 

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

Based on the text of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act [posted today](https://rules.house.gov/bill/114/hr-2576-sa), I have prepared the following analyses of the bill:

- [a description of](https://blogs.edf.org/health/wp-content/blogs.dir/11/files/2016/05/Major-features-of-FRL21-5-23-16.pdf): (a) How the Lautenberg Act amends the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 and (b) changes made since House and Senate bill passage to reconcile the bills; and
- [a description of what is and is not preempted ](https://blogs.edf.org/health/wp-content/blogs.dir/11/files/2016/05/Preemption-under-FRL21-5-23-16-final.pdf)under the Lautenberg Act.

I hope these analyses are useful to those interested in understanding this complex piece of legislation.