(a) Establishment Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this Act as the Administrator ) shall establish a chemical hazard identification and dose response steering committee (referred to in this Act as the steering committee ) to coordinate the conduct of covered assessments by relevant program offices for purposes of ensuring that, with respect to such assessments, there is no duplication of effort by such offices. (b) Duty The duties of the steering committee are the following: (1) If the steering committee learns that more than one relevant program office intends to conduct covered assessments with respect to the same chemical substance, the steering committee shall determine the most effective means of carrying out a single covered assessment to prevent duplication of effort by such offices. (2) For purposes of supplementing a covered assessment, the steering committee shall consider any third-party assessment of a chemical substance generated by another Federal, State, or international agency or agencies or members of the scientific community that meets the requirements specified in subsection (e). (c) Chair