SAFE Sunscreen Standards Act
Sign the Letter of Support. Take Action Today!
Team up with the Skin Cancer Foundation to advocate for access to new sunscreen options to prevent skin cancer and save lives. Sign the letter of support for the SAFE Sunscreen Standards Act and contact your Member of Congress as soon as possible. As skin cancer rates continue to rise across the U.S., sunscreen innovation has been at a standstill for decades. With new, advanced sunscreen ingredients available in other markets around the world, status quo is NOT acceptable for the American public.
If passed, the SAFE Sunscreen Standards Act will:
- Ensure that the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) quickly approves new sunscreen ingredients, giving the public greater access to new and advanced ingredients to protect their skin and lower skin cancer risk.
- Reduce the FDA’s reliance on animal testing data, requiring the agency to establish clearer, more flexible standards for evaluating sunscreen ingredients.
Urgent Timing: The House Energy & Commerce Committee is currently considering the bill and may vote as early as the week of July 21. We need members to SUPPORT the bill’s inclusion in the over-the-counter monograph user fee (OMUFA) reauthorization legislation. If the bill is included, it will proceed to the entire House of Representatives, as part of the OMUFA package, for a full vote before moving to the Senate.
What You Can Do Now: Sign the letter of support, urge your legislators to vote YES and get tools to spread the word!
We need as many signatures as possible before July 21 to help get this bill passed!
Background:
In June, 2025, the bipartisan SAFE Sunscreen Standards Act (H.R. 3686) was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by co-chairs of the Congressional Skin Cancer Caucus, Representatives John Joyce, M.D. (R-PA), a dermatologist and melanoma survivor, Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dave Joyce (R-OH) and Deborah Ross (D-NC).
This bill aims to modernize the regulatory process for over-the-counter sunscreen ingredients, by quickening the approval of new and effective sunscreen options for sun protection and skin cancer prevention.
With skin cancer cases on the rise, this legislation is crucial:
- The estimated number of new melanoma cases diagnosed in 2025 is projected to increase by 5.9 percent.
- Exposure to UV radiation from the sun is a major cause of most skin cancers.
- 1 in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer by the age of 70.
- Over 5 million Americans are treated for skin cancer each year at a cost of over $8 billion.
- More than 2 people die of skin cancer in the U.S. every hour.
In 2014, Congress passed the Sunscreen Innovation Act to establish a process for review and approval of active sunscreen ingredients. Nonetheless, it’s been more than 20 years since the FDA approved new sunscreen ingredients. This is unacceptable.
Sunscreen is an important component of a complete sun protection strategy for skin cancer prevention. While there are plenty of safe and effective sunscreens on the U.S. market, Americans deserve continued innovation in sun protection, to make it easier to find sunscreens that they like and will use daily. The SAFE Sunscreen Standards Act takes a step in the right direction and helps us fight this battle against the world’s most common cancer.
Sign the Letter of Support
We Support the SAFE Sunscreen Standards Act
Members of the House Committee on Energy & Commerce
United States Congress
Washington, District of Columbia
United States
Dear Members of Congress,
On June 3, 2025, consumers in America were given new hope for more safe, effective sunscreen options to prevent sun damage and skin cancer, with the introduction of H.R. 3686, the SAFE Sunscreen Standards Act.
We wholeheartedly support this legislation and its goal to streamline the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) review process for new sunscreen ingredients. We believe that if passed into law, it will be a significant step in providing more options for sun protection and skin cancer prevention that will ultimately save lives.
More people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year in the U.S. than all other cancers combined. One in five Americans will develop skin cancer by the age of 70, and every hour, two people die from the disease. The good news is that skin cancer is highly preventable, with a complete sun protection strategy that includes daily sunscreen use.
Yet, as skin cancer rates continue to rise across the U.S., sunscreen innovation has been at a standstill for decades.
There is no better time than now for the SAFE Sunscreen Standards Act. We commend this bill and strongly advocate for its swift passage into law as part of the over-the-counter monograph user fee reauthorization. Thank you for your commitment to skin cancer prevention and the health and safety of all Americans.
Sincerely,
The Skin Cancer Foundation