WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today bolstered its bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess by advancing six bills to strengthen public health, children’s health, and promote American jobs and manufacturing. Today’s vote marked the eighth full committee mark up this Congress.
“The Energy and Commerce Committee has built a proud record of bipartisan success, and we look to continue our momentum as we advance six bills to protect kids, improve the public health, and boost jobs and manufacturing. These commonsense solutions will have a positive impact in Michigan and across the country," said Chairman Fred Upton.
The bills advanced today by the committee include:
* H.R. 985, the Concrete Masonry Products, Research, Education, and Promotion Act of 2015, authored by Reps. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and Kathy Castor (D-FL), would authorize the establishment of a federal “check-off" program for concrete masonry products. “Check-off" programs are financed by industry and overseen by the appropriate federal agency as a way to boost the economy, and also helps support jobs and promote economic benefit around a commodity or good without specifying a particular brand or producer.
* H.R. 3154, the E-Warranty Act of 2015, authored by Reps. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and Dave Loebsack (D-IA), would allow manufacturers to provide warranty information electronically instead of solely in paper form, thereby easing the regulatory burden facing job creators and giving customers easier and more convenient options to find warranty information.
* H.R. 1344, the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act, authored by Reps. Guthrie and Lois Capps (D-CA), would reauthorize a program for early detection, diagnosis and treatment regarding deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns, infants, and young children.
* H.R. 1462, the Protecting Our Infants Act, authored by Reps. Katherine Clark (D-MD) and Steve Stivers (R-OH), aims to combat the rise in prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome.
* H.R. 1725, the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting (NASPER) Reauthorization Act, authored by Reps. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) and Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), would reauthorize the NASPER program to support state prescription drug monitoring programs.
* H.R. 2820, the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act, authored by Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Doris Matsui (D-CA), would reauthorize the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act to provide federal support for cord blood donation, a national bone marrow registry, and research essential to increasing patient access to transplants.
All six bills were approved by voice vote.
