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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2715 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to extend the destruc- |
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| 6 | 6 | | tion authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to articles |
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| 7 | 7 | | that present a significant public health concern, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL8, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. H |
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| 11 | 11 | | IGGINSof Louisiana (for himself and Mr. CARTERof Louisiana) intro- |
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| 12 | 12 | | duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy |
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| 13 | 13 | | and Commerce |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to |
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| 16 | 16 | | extend the destruction authority of the Secretary of |
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| 17 | 17 | | Health and Human Services to articles that present a |
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| 18 | 18 | | significant public health concern, and for other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Destruction of Haz-4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | ardous Imports Act’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN REFUSED ARTICLES. 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) I |
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| 29 | 29 | | NGENERAL.—Section 801(a) of the Federal 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381(a)) is 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | amended— 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) in the seventh sentence, by striking ‘‘as de-5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | scribed under subsection (b).’’ and inserting ‘‘as de-6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | scribed under subsection (b), or any article refused 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | admission under this section, if the Secretary of 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Health and Human Services determines that such 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | article presents a significant public health concern.’’; 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | and 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) in the eighth, ninth, and tenth sentences, by 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | striking ‘‘drug or device’’ each place it appears and 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | inserting ‘‘drug, device, or other article’’. 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (b) P |
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| 43 | 43 | | ROHIBITEDACTS.—Section 301 of the Federal 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331) is amend-16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ed by adding at the end the following: 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(jjj) The unauthorized movement, or introduction or 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | delivery for introduction into interstate commerce, includ-19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ing export, of an article that the Secretary has decided 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | to destroy under the seventh sentence of section 801(a).’’. 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (c) A |
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| 51 | 51 | | PPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | sections (a) and (b) shall apply to articles beginning on 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | this Act. 25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Health and 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Food and Drugs, shall— 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (1) not later than 90 days after the date of en-4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | actment of this Act, finalize such revisions to regula-5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | tions as may be necessary to implement the amend-6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ments made by subsections (a) and (b); and 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (2) ensure that such regulations are consistent 8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | with any applicable international agreements. 9 |
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