1994 US Code
Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 39 - FAIR PACKAGING AND LABELING PROGRAM
Sec. 1457 - Annual reports to Congress; submission dates

Each officer or agency required or authorized by this chapter to promulgate regulations for the packaging or labeling of any consumer commodity, shall transmit to the Congress each year a report containing a full and complete description of the activities of that officer or agency for the administration and enforcement of this chapter during the preceding fiscal year. All agencies except the Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Trade Commission shall submit their reports in January of each year. The Department of Health and Human Services shall include this report in its annual report to Congress on activities under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.], and the Federal Trade Commission shall include this report in the Commission's annual report to Congress.

(Pub. L. 89 755, §8, Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1300; Pub. L. 93 608, §3(2), Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1972; Pub. L. 97 375, title II, §§202(d), 206(b), Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1822, 1823.)

The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, referred to in text, is act June 25, 1938, ch. 675, 52 Stat. 1040, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 9 (§301 et seq.) of Title 21, Food and Drugs. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 301 of Title 21 and Tables.

1982—Pub. L. 97 375, §§202(d), 206(b), struck out “or to participate in the development of voluntary product standards with respect to any consumer commodity under procedures referred to in section 1454(d) of this title,” after “any consumer commodity,” and inserted provisions that the Department of Health and Human Services include its report in its annual report to Congress on activities under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

1975—Pub. L. 93 608 inserted provision relating to submission of required report by the Federal Trade Commission with the annual report of the Commission to the Congress.