3.0.0 6885 2023-01-11T13:42:54Z 2023-01-11T13:42:54Z House HR 2020-05-15 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 92 (Friday, May 15, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. FLORES:H.R. 6885.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1. . . to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts andexcises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defenseand general welfare of the United States; but all duties,imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the UnitedStates;Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among theseveral states, and with the Indian tribes;[Page H2261]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-05-15T13:01:40Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-05-15T13:01:35Z 2020-05-15 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2020-05-15 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2020-05-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-05-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000461 Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17] Bill Flores R TX 17 N W000827 Rep. Wright, Ron [R-TX-6] Ron Wright R TX 6 2020-06-18 False B001307 Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4] James Baird R IN R. 4 2020-07-01 False T000165 Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] Thomas Tiffany R WI P. 7 2020-07-01 False Health Asia China Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Employment and training programs Government information and archives Government trust funds Health information and medical records India Manufacturing Prescription drugs Tariffs Trade restrictions Health 00 2020-05-15 Introduced in House 2021-01-28T15:13:32Z Safe and Secure Medicine Supply for Hardworking Americans Act of 2020

This bill bans in certain instances the importation of drugs and medical devices from a foreign manufacturing facility that has been subject to a recall, imposes additional duties on imported drugs, and contains other related provisions.

The Food and Drug Administration shall ban drug or device imports from a foreign facility for a specified amount of time if a drug or device from that facility has been subject to a Class I or Class II recall. The bill imposes civil monetary fines for any individual or entity that violates such an import ban.

The bill also imposes, on top of any other duties, a 25% duty on drugs imported from China, a 20% duty on drugs imported from India, and a 10% duty on drugs imported from any other country.

The duties and fines established under this bill shall go into a fund for supporting and incentivizing new pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing in the United States.

The bill also requires each drug sold to state on its label the country of origin of each active pharmaceutical ingredient.

]]> Safe and Secure Medicine Supply for Hardworking Americans Act of 2020 Display Title Safe and Secure Medicine Supply for Hardworking Americans Act of 2020 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the importation of a drug or device that was manufactured at a banned foreign facility, to create incentives for pharmaceutical or device companies to increase manufacturing capacity in the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Safe and Secure Medicine Supply for Hardworking Americans Act of 2020 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr6885ih/xml/BILLS-116hr6885ih.xml 2020-05-15 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.