42 U.S.C. § 285l–3
Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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With respect to the interagency coordinating committee that is known as the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (referred to in sections 285l–2 to 285l–5 of this title as “ICCVAM”) and that was established by the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for purposes of section 285l–1(b) of this title, the Director of the Institute shall designate such committee as a permanent interagency coordinating committee of the Institute under the National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods. Sections 285l–2 to 285l–5 of this title may not be construed as affecting the authorities of such Director regarding ICCVAM that were in effect on the day before December 19, 2000, except to the extent inconsistent with sections 285l–2 to 285l–5 of this title.
The purposes of the ICCVAM shall be to—
The ICCVAM shall be composed of the heads of the following Federal agencies (or their designees):
The Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences shall establish a Scientific Advisory Committee (referred to in sections 285l–2 to 285l–5 of this title as the “SAC”) to advise ICCVAM and the National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods regarding ICCVAM activities. The activities of the SAC shall be subject to provisions of chapter 10 of title 5.
The SAC shall be composed of the following voting members:
At least one knowledgeable representative having a history of expertise, development, or evaluation of new or revised or alternative test methods from each of—
The membership of the SAC shall, in addition to voting members under subparagraph (A), include as nonvoting ex officio members the agency heads specified in subsection (c) (or their designees).
The ICCVAM shall, consistent with the purposes described in subsection (b), carry out the following functions:
Consider for review and evaluation, petitions received from the public that—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- To make revisions in title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical amendments to improve the United States Code.House: 413–3Senate: no recorded tally