Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act

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United States federal law environmental law

The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act is a 2016 U.S. law that modernized federal chemical regulation by strengthening safety reviews and oversight of chemicals used in commerce.

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Label	Occurrences
Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act canonical	3
Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act	2

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T370550 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act
Context triple: [Toxic Substances Control Act, amendedBy, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act]

A. Toxic Substances Control Act
The Toxic Substances Control Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates the manufacture, import, distribution, and use of chemical substances to protect human health and the environment.
B. Evarts Act
The Evarts Act was a landmark 1891 U.S. federal law that created the United States courts of appeals, significantly restructuring the federal judiciary and easing the Supreme Court’s caseload.
C. Clean Air Act
The Clean Air Act is a landmark U.S. federal law that regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources to protect public health and the environment from air pollution.
D. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) is a U.S. federal law that authorizes the federal government to identify, investigate, and clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances and to hold responsible parties liable for the costs.
E. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is a key U.S. law that authorizes the Food and Drug Administration to regulate the safety, labeling, and marketing of food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act
Target entity description: The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act is a 2016 U.S. law that modernized federal chemical regulation by strengthening safety reviews and oversight of chemicals used in commerce.

A. Toxic Substances Control Act
The Toxic Substances Control Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates the manufacture, import, distribution, and use of chemical substances to protect human health and the environment.
B. Evarts Act
The Evarts Act was a landmark 1891 U.S. federal law that created the United States courts of appeals, significantly restructuring the federal judiciary and easing the Supreme Court’s caseload.
C. Clean Air Act
The Clean Air Act is a landmark U.S. federal law that regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources to protect public health and the environment from air pollution.
D. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) is a U.S. federal law that authorizes the federal government to identify, investigate, and clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances and to hold responsible parties liable for the costs.
E. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is a key U.S. law that authorizes the Food and Drug Administration to regulate the safety, labeling, and marketing of food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ environmental law ⓘ
acronym	LCSA ⓘ
allows	consideration of costs in risk management phase ⓘ
amends	Toxic Substances Control Act ⓘ
appliesTo	chemicals distributed in commerce in the United States ⓘ chemicals manufactured in the United States ⓘ chemicals processed in the United States ⓘ
authorizes	EPA to require testing by order, rule, or consent agreement ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateSigned	2016-06-22 ⓘ
effectiveDate	2016-06-22 ⓘ
establishes	deadlines for EPA chemical risk evaluations ⓘ prioritization process for chemicals ⓘ risk evaluation process for high-priority chemicals ⓘ risk-based safety standard for chemicals ⓘ
goal	improve protection of human health from chemical risks ⓘ improve protection of the environment from chemical risks ⓘ modernize U.S. chemical safety regulation ⓘ
includes	provisions on confidential business information ⓘ provisions on federal-state regulatory preemption ⓘ provisions on fees to support EPA chemical reviews ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
namedAfter	Frank Lautenberg ⓘ surface form: Frank R. Lautenberg
predecessor	Toxic Substances Control Act ⓘ surface form: original Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976
preempts	certain state chemical regulations under specified conditions ⓘ
prohibits	consideration of costs in risk evaluation phase ⓘ
reforms	Toxic Substances Control Act ⓘ
regulates	existing chemicals on the TSCA inventory ⓘ new chemicals and significant new uses ⓘ
replaces	previous TSCA risk evaluation framework ⓘ
requires	EPA evaluation of existing chemicals ⓘ EPA evaluation of new chemicals before market entry ⓘ EPA risk-based safety reviews for chemicals in commerce ⓘ EPA to consider vulnerable populations in risk evaluations ⓘ EPA to focus on unreasonable risks to health or the environment ⓘ EPA to maintain an active and inactive TSCA inventory ⓘ safety findings for new and existing chemicals ⓘ
sector	chemical regulation ⓘ
shortName	Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act
signedBy	Barack Obama ⓘ
strengthens	EPA authority to obtain information on chemicals ⓘ EPA authority to require testing of chemicals ⓘ federal oversight of chemicals in commerce ⓘ
yearEnacted	2016 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Toxic Substances Control Act → amendedBy → Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act ⓘ

Public Law 94-469 → amendedBy → Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act ⓘ

Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act → shortName → Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act

LCSA → fullName → Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act ⓘ

LCSA → shortName → Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act ⓘ