[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9749 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9749

  To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct an 
   assessment of food products imported into the United States from 
              foreign facilities, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2026

  Mr. Lawler 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 to conduct an 
   assessment of food products imported into the United States from 
              foreign facilities, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Protecting America's Food Supply Act 
of 2026''.

SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT OF FOOD PRODUCTS IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES 
              FROM FOREIGN FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
conduct an assessment of food products imported into the United States 
from foreign facilities for the purpose of evaluating--
            (1) the level of risk to public health associated with such 
        food products, including a breakdown by the country of origin;
            (2) the history of health safety violations and recalls 
        associated with such products;
            (3) the volume of such products entering the United States; 
        and
            (4) the level of coordination between United States and 
        foreign regulators in conducting inspections of such products.
    (b) Publication of Information.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish on a 
        publicly accessible website of the Department of Health and 
        Human Services information relating to the assessment to be 
        conducted under subsection (a), including--
                    (A) a summary of the findings of the Secretary 
                based on the assessment;
                    (B) an identification of annual targets for the 
                number of inspections of foreign food facilities to 
                conducted by the Food and Drug Administration;
                    (C) an identification of the actual number of such 
                inspections that were conducted;
                    (D) a description of high-level trends associated 
                with such inspections, including a breakdown by 
                commodity and country of origin; and
                    (E) an assessment of whether the risk-based 
                inspections of foreign food facilities conducted by the 
                Food and Drug Administration are in alignment with the 
                requirements of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act 
                (Public Law 111-353), including the amendments made by 
                that Act.
            (2) Updates.--The Secretary shall update the information to 
        be published under paragraph (1) on an ongoing basis.
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