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S. 172 · 109th Congress

A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of all contact lenses…

Full title

A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of all contact lenses as medical devices, and for other purposes.

Law · 109-96 · Nov 9, 2005
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MDR DeWineSponsor
9 cosponsors · 4 D, 5 R
TKD Kennedy MER Enzi RBR Burr SCR Collins BDD Dorgan THD Harkin JBR Bunning JCD Corzine GVR Voinovich

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. Senate Introduced Jan 26, 2005
  2. Senate Passed Jul 29, 2005
  3. House Passed Oct 26, 2005
  4. President To the President Oct 28, 2005
  5. President Signed Nov 9, 2005
  6. Law Nov 9, 2005

Deems all contact lenses to be medical devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. (Currently, some non-corrective, decorative contact lenses are regulated as cosmetics).

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Nov 9, 2005

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on July 29, 2005. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Deems all contact lenses to be medical devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. (Currently, some non-corrective, decorative contact lenses are regulated as cosmetics).

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of all contact lenses as medical devices, and for other purposes.

Latest action (Nov 9, 2005): Became Public Law No: 109-96.

Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jan 26, 2005

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. Senate Introduced Jan 26, 2005
  2. Senate Passed Jul 29, 2005
  3. House Passed Oct 26, 2005
  4. President To the President Oct 28, 2005
  5. President Signed Nov 9, 2005
  6. Law Nov 9, 2005

No recorded floor vote found.