SAFE Sunscreen Standards Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3686 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3686 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the regulatory review process to determine the safety and effectiveness of nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 3, 2025 Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, and Ms. Ross) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the regulatory review process to determine the safety and effectiveness of nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting Accessible, Flexible, and Effective Sunscreen Standards'' or the ``SAFE Sunscreen Standards Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States. (2) More people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year in the United States than all other cancers combined. (3) The United States Surgeon General issued a Call to Action to Prevent Skin Cancer in 2014 based on finding that nearly 5,000,000 Americans are treated for skin cancer each year at a cost that exceeds $8,100,000,000. (4) It is estimated that the number of new melanoma cases diagnosed in 2024 will increase by 7.3 percent, with an estimated 200,340 cases of melanoma diagnosed. (5) Skin cancer is a deadly disease, and it is expected that there will be 8,290 deaths from melanoma in 2024. (6) Skin cancer affects individuals of all ages, and melanoma