118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1685SUPERSAFE Act

A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a consortium relating to exposures to toxic substances and identifying chemicals that are safe to use.

Environmental protection
Introduced May 18, 2023
Last action May 18, 2023
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to form the Supercomputing for Safer Chemicals (SUPERSAFE) Consortium to, among other purposes, establish rapid approaches for the development of safer alternatives to toxic substances. Specifically, the consortium must use supercomputing, machine learning, and similar capabilities to (1) establish rapid approaches for large-scale identification of toxic substances and the development of safer alternatives to toxic substances; (2) address the need to identify safe chemicals for use in consumer and industrial products, including in the manufacturing process to support the move to safer alternatives; and (3) make recommendations on how th...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
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May 18, 2023
Introduced in Senate
May 18, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.