House bill · 101st Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require food and drug manufacturers to maintain a toll-free telephone line for inquiries respecting foods containing vitamins or minerals, herbal foods, foods for special dietary uses and over-the-counter drugs and to require the labels and advertising of such products to contain a reference to such line.
Sponsor: Rep. Joseph Kolter D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 1989
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Feb 6, 1989 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
7 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 6 Democrats
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Ron De Lugo (D-VI), Bernard Dwyer (D-NJ), Mervyn Dymally (D-CA), Walter Fauntroy (D-DC), Major Owens (D-NY), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Patricia Saiki (R-HI).
More from the sponsor
Other 101st Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Kolter.
- H.J.Res. 177 (101st) Designating October 8 through 14, 1989, as "National School Lunch Week".
- H.J.Res. 147 (101st) To designate September 1, 1989, as "National Day of Recognition of the Polish Armed Forces of World War II".
- H.R. 242 (101st) Organ Transplant Assistance Act of 1989
- H.R. 4772 (101st) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the requirement that all nonparticipating physicians file medicare claims on…
- H.R. 1393 (101st) To amend the goals of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
- H.R. 3862 (101st) To extend nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of Czechoslovakia for 5 years.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.