FDA can order companies to destroy unsafe imports.

What it does

The bill gives the FDA power to order destruction of imported drugs, medical tools, food, and makeup. These items must be refused entry and pose a big public health risk. Companies must destroy these items within 90 days at their own cost. Companies get notice and a hearing before destruction happens. The bill stops companies from shipping refused items to other countries instead.

Who it affects

Companies that import drugs, medical tools, food, and makeup are affected. Citizens gain from stricter checks on unsafe products at the border. The cost of destroying unsafe imports falls on the importing companies, not the public.

One thing to notice

The FDA will write rules to define what counts as a big public health risk. Those rules will take 18 months to propose and one year to finalize.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

18 cosponsors: 14 Republicans, 4 Democrats.

• Apr 8, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Apr 8, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
• May 13, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
• May 21, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0”
• Jul 20, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4637-4638)”
• Jul 20, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

4 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 4 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $395,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 6 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 72% of bills with any report.

Clay Higgins, who sponsored the bill, received $128,570 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America Inc — $220,000 in 1 report
• Novo Nordisk, Inc. — $80,000 in 1 report
• National Confectioners Association — $50,000 in 1 report
• Southern Shrimp Alliance — $45,000 in 1 report

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• FDA — The Food and Drug Administration, the government agency that checks drugs, medical tools, food, and makeup for safety.
• refused entry — When the FDA stops a product from coming into the country because it does not meet safety rules.
• destruction — The act of breaking down or getting rid of something so it cannot be used.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
• sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.