FDA must show the public how safe imported food is.
H.R. 9749 — Protecting America’s Food Supply Act of 2026 · Filed by Michael Lawler (R-NY) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 16, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the Secretary of Health and Human Services to check imported food safety. The Secretary must look at health violations, past recalls, and import amounts. The Secretary must also check how U.S. and foreign regulators work together. The Secretary must put all findings on a public website within one year. The website must update regularly and show inspection targets, actual inspections, and trends.
Who it affects
People who buy food will know more about imported food safety. The FDA will have to show its inspection work and coordination with other countries.
One thing to notice
The bill makes the FDA share facts about which countries have food safety problems. It also shows how many inspections the FDA plans versus actually does.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Jul 16, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 16, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- imported food — Food that comes into the U.S. from other countries.
- health violations — Times when food did not meet safety rules.
- recall — When a company takes food off shelves because it is not safe.
- FDA — The Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. agency that checks if food is safe.
- regulators — Government workers who make sure companies follow safety rules.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,888 characters) on Jul 25, 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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