legislation: 105-hr-3946

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105-hr-3946 105 hr 3946 ICCVAM Authorization Act of 1998 Science, Technology, Communications 1998-05-22 1998-06-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] CA D L000090 64 ICCVAM Authorization Act of 1998 - States that the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) shall be sustained as a permanent standing committee administered by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Sets forth ICCVAM objectives, including: (1) increasing the efficiency of Federal test method review; and (2) reducing animal testing. Directs the Institute to establish a Scientific Advisory Committee. Requires each Federal agency to: (1) identify and forward to ICCVAM those guidelines or regulations it follows requiring or recommending animal testing; (2) promote valid alternatives to animal testing; and (3) adopt ICCVAM recommendations unless such recommendations are inadequate or unsatisfactory. 2025-08-21T16:12:36Z  

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