119-s2986

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2986 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2986

 To establish certain conditions on employment and other work 
 arrangements at the Food and Drug Administration to ensure the safety 
 and security of drugs and devices.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 October 8, 2025

 Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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 A BILL

 To establish certain conditions on employment and other work 
 arrangements at the Food and Drug Administration to ensure the safety 
 and security of drugs and devices.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``American Medicine Safety and 
Security Act''.

SEC. 2. CONDITIONS FOR FDA EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER WORK ARRANGEMENTS.

    (a) Nationals of Foreign Countries of Concern.--No individual who 
is a national of a country of foreign concern shall be eligible for 
employment at, or for otherwise performing labor or services for 
remuneration for, the Food and Drug Administration.

    (b) Reporting by Certain Employees and Other Workers.--In the case 
of an employee of, or other individual performing labor or services for 
remuneration for, the Food and Drug Administration who has an immediate 
family member who is a national of a foreign country of concern, such 
employee or individual shall report such information, in accordance 
with a process established by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs. The 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall immediately terminate the 
employment or agreement for labor or services for remuneration, as 
applicable, of any employee or other individual who fails to make a 
report required under this subsection.
            (c) Limitation on Subsequent Employment and Other Work.--

    (1) In general.--With respect to any individual who is 
 employed by the Food and Drug Administration on or after the 
 date of enactment of this Act, for the 10-year period 
 immediately following such period of employment at the Food and 
 Drug Administration, such individual may not be employed by, 
 nor enter into an agreement to perform labor or services for 
 remuneration or on a volunteer basis for, any entity based in a 
 foreign country of concern.

    (2) Contractual agreement.--
        (A) Existing employees.--Effective on the date of 
 enactment of this Act, each employee of the Food and 
 Drug Administration hired prior to such date of 
 enactment, as a condition of maintaining such 
 employment, shall agree to the limitation on subsequent 
 employment and other labor or services described in 
 paragraph

    (1) .
        (B) New employees.--Beginning on the date of 
 enactment of this Act, each employee of the Food and 
 Drug Administration hired after such date of enactment, 
 as a condition of such employment, shall agree to the 
 limitation on subsequent employment and other labor or 
 services described in paragraph

    (1) .
            (d) Limitation on Access to Data.--With respect to an employee of, 
or other individual performing labor or services for remuneration for, 
the Food and Drug Administration who is engaged in the review of 
applications for the approval, clearance, licensure, or authorization 
of drugs or devices, such employee or other individual shall not have 
access to drug or device information held by any department, division, 
or office of the Food and Drug Administration other than the 
department, division, or office employing the employee, or otherwise 
engaging the individual in the performance of labor or services for 
remuneration, if--

    (1) any member of the employee's or individual's immediate 
 family is a national of a foreign country of concern; or

    (2) the employee or individual previously worked, at any 
 time, as an employee or other individual performing labor or 
 services for remuneration or on a volunteer basis, at an entity 
 based in a foreign country of concern.

    (e) 

=== Definitions. ===
-For purposes of this section--

    (1) the term ``foreign country of concern'' means the 
 People's Republic of China, Russia, or Iran; and

    (2) the term ``immediate family'', with respect to an 
 individual, means the mother, father, sibling, or child of the 
 individual.
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