USDA must test farm feed from other countries for bad chemicals.
H.R. 9423 — Organic Imports Verification Act of 2026 · Filed by Shontel Brown (D-OH) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the USDA to test farm feed from other countries for pesticides. The USDA must pick which shipments to test each year based on risk. The USDA must tell Congress each year what it tested and what it found. Shipments with too many chemicals cannot be sold as farm-grade feed.
Who it affects
Farm feed companies that bring in feed from other countries will have shipments tested. Farm feed makers in the U.S. get help because imported feed will be checked. People who buy farm feed may get safer feed.
One thing to notice
The bill says the USDA must keep the list of which sellers get tested secret. The public and Congress cannot see which sellers or countries are watched.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 1 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Jun 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 24, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Agriculture · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- farm-grade — grown or raised without man-made pesticides or fertilizers.
- pesticides — chemicals used to kill bugs, weeds, or other pests on crops.
- risk — how likely a bad thing is to happen.
- shipments — loads of goods sent from one place to another.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (4,118 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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