[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7718 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7718

 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
 the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to work through the Codex process 
 to review and update internationally recognized standards for infant 
     formula to ensure that such standards are consistent with the 
 requirements applicable to the importation of infant formula into the 
                             United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 2022

  Mr. Feenstra (for himself and Mrs. Bice of Oklahoma) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
 the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to work through the Codex process 
 to review and update internationally recognized standards for infant 
     formula to ensure that such standards are consistent with the 
 requirements applicable to the importation of infant formula into the 
                             United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Formula Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STANDARDS FOR INFANT FORMULA.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 
through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall work through the 
Codex process to review and update internationally recognized standards 
for infant formula to ensure that such standards are consistent with 
the requirements applicable to the importation of infant formula into 
the United States.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``infant formula'' has 
the meaning given to such term in section 201 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
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