,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cich  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #aa1     
#bjbj,mr4 ,thune 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,braun1 ,mr4 ,grassley1 ,mr4 ,rounds1   
and ,ms4 ,ernst7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to extend ,federal guidance    
concerning the use of certain           
alcohol-based hand sanitizer during the 
coronavirus public health emergency1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,hand    
,sanitizer ,guidance ,extension ,act of 
#bjbj4  #b4 ,federal guidance on hand   
sanitizer  7a7 ,extension of ,federal   
guidance ,the ,food and ,drug           
,administration guidance entitled       
,guidance for ,industry3 ,temporary     
,policy for ,preparation of ,certain    
,alcohol-,based ,hand ,sanitizer        
,products ,during the ,public ,health   
,emergency 7,,covid-#ai71 initially     

released on ,march #bc1 #bjbj1 and      
updated on ,april #ae1 #bjbj1 and on    
,june #a1 #bjbj1 shall remain in effect 
until the date that is #b years after   
the date of enactment of this ,act4  7b7
 ,effect of extension ,during the       
#b-year period described in subsection  
7a71 the ,food and ,drug ,administration
 shall permit the production1 sale1 and 
use of hand sanitizer1 consistent with  
the guidance described in subsection    
7a71 provided that such hand sanitizer  
is manufactured using only the following
 ingredients in the preparation of the  
product3 7#a7 7,a7 ,subject to          
subsection 7c71 alcohol 7ethanol7 that  
is not less than #id4i percent ethanol  
by volume2 or  7,b7 ,united ,states     
,pharmacopeia grade isopropyl alcohol4  
7#b7 ,united ,states ,pharmacopeia grade
 or ,food ,chemical ,codex grade        
glycerin 7glycerol74  7#c7 ,hydrogen    
peroxide4  7#d7 ,sterile water meeting  
,united ,states ,pharmacopeia           
specifications for purified water4  7c7 

,ethanol produced in certain facilities 
,ethanol produced in facilities normally
 producing fuel or technical ethanol may
 be used as described in subsection     
7b77#a77;,a7 only if such ethanol-- 7#a7
 meets ,united ,states ,pharmacopeia or 
,food ,chemical ,codex grade            
requirements2  7#b7 has been screened   
for any other potentially harmful       
impurities not specified in the ,united 
,states ,pharmacopeia or ,food ,chemical
 ,codex requirements2 or  7#c7 has      
otherwise been approved for use by the  
,food and ,drug ,administration4  7d7   
,automatic extension ,the effective     
period of the guidance described in     
subsection 7a7 shall automatically be   
extended for #a additional year if the  
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services determines that a public      
health emergency exists at the time that
 the #b-year period described in        
subsection 7a7 expires4  7e7 ,exemption 
,if the ,commissioner of ,food and      
,drugs determines that a public health  

emergency requires that the requirement 
for the use of denatured alcohol be     
reduced1 or requires a waiver of any    
other requirement with respect to hand  
sanitizer under the guidance1 the       
,commissioner of ,food and ,drugs may   
waive or reduce such requirement1 as    
applicable4