H.R.2357: Respirator Access Assurance Act of 2005

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Respirator Access Assurance Act of 2005 - States that manufacturers or sellers of respirators shall not be subject to claims for defective design or warning, or any claims based on such allegations, if the respirator in question received National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) approval and was manufactured in compliance with NIOSH-approved design and labeling. Preempts all State and local laws with regard to such claims....

(Source: Library of Congress)

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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to House Judiciary
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
May 12, 2005

Introduced in the House by Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)

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