DHEW Publication (FDA) 75-8033 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY of May 1975 VOLUME 1 1-1,000 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE Public Health Service FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION Bureau of Radiological Health Rockville, Maryland 20852 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 Stock Number 017-015-00089-3 PREFACE On October 18, 1968, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, enacted the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968, P.L. 90-602. The purpose of this Act is to protect the public health from the dangers of electronic product radiation. This was to be accomplished by establishing an electronic product radiation control program which would include the development and administration of performance standards to control the emission of electronic product radiation and the undertaking by public and private organizations of research and investigation into the effects and control of such radiation emissions. Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations section 5.1(a)(3) delegates to the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration the authority to effectuate the Congressional mandates of the Radiation Control Act. Prior to this point in time, whenever an electronic product manufacturer or consumer group came to the Food and Drug Administration for a clarification, interpretation, or an advisory opinion of specific provisions of P.L. 90-602, a very long and tedious search had to be made through all the Congressional Records concerning this Act. To simplify this task, all the bills introduced in both Houses of Congress; all the introductory statements, explanation, and all pertinent supplementary remarks contained in the Congressional Record; all hearings; all committee reports on the bills; and all the legislative debates have been compiled in chronological order in these volumes entitled The Legislative History of the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968. This publication should prove to be a useful tool in enabling this agency to carry out its responsibilities in the area of electronic product radiation protection. AM. Schmidt. Alexander M. Schmidt, M.D. Commissioner of Food and Drugs |