The group's third request is a change in the liability provisions.
Opponents also claim that a liability provision will drive up health care costs.
In addition, the spokesman said small changes involving class-action suits and the proportional liability provisions convinced the President that the bill was worthwhile.
The House tried to pass an authorization bill but members could not agree on the labor protection and liability provisions.
Such liability provisions are standard in most homeowners' policies.
By a vote of 53 to 47, the Senate killed the Democrats' liability provision before the final debate.
We need liability provisions that place obligations on all those who cause environmental damage, without exception.
Conservatives also have concerns about the proportionality of certain aspects of the proposed regulation, particular the liability provisions.
The first concerns the special liability provision that Parliament wants to include in this Directive.
This is an important matter, and Parliament knows that I agree that we need liability provisions in a wide range of areas, including biotechnology.