• Establishes a research program through the National Toxicology Program (NTP) that is designed to strengthen the scientific information used by Federal agencies to understand the effects of, and reduce human exposure to EDCs;
• Establishes an Endocrine Disruption Expert Panel under the NTP that will (A) consider, and report to the Director on, issues related to identification, classification, or evaluation of not more than 10 endocrine-disrupting chemicals or groups of endocrine-disrupting chemicals; (B) evaluate existing research aimed at understanding the biological pathways in humans by which endocrine disrupting chemicals operate and identify future research priorities as appropriate; and (C) maintain a list that identifies chemicals of concern for endocrine disruption effects;
• Establishes the Endocrine Disruption Research Program at the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences to improve the understanding of how chemicals can disrupt the human endocrine system; and
• Establishes the framework for how Federal agencies with jurisdiction over chemicals identified as endocrine disruptors by the NTP must respond.

The Society worked closely with Representative Moran’s and Senator Kerry’s offices as they developed the legislation and was given the opportunity to provide comments on the draft.  This legislation is in line with the Society’s position statement on EDCs.  The Society’s support of this legislation is a continuation of efforts to impact the regulation of EDCs, which have included support of legislation in the previous session of Congress, Capitol Hill briefings, targeted visits with members of Congress, and meetings with Environmental Protection Agency and NIEHS administrators. The Society will continue to educate members of Congress to build support for the legislation and the policy changes recommended in the Society’s position statement.