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