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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9443 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to share food safety information 
with State, local, Tribal, and Territorial authorities, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 30, 2024 
Ms. ROSS introduced 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 
authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
to share food safety information with State, local, Tribal, 
and Territorial authorities, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal and State 
Food Safety Information Sharing Act of 2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. SHARING FOOD SAFETY INFORMATION WITH STATE, 
LOCAL, TRIBAL, AND TERRITORIAL AUTHORI-
TIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 708 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) SHARING FOOD SAFETY INFORMATION WITH 
STATE, LOCAL, TRIBAL, AND TERRITORIAL AUTHORI-
TIES.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 301(j) and any other law, regulation, or policy, 
the Secretary may share, with a State, local, Tribal, 
or Territorial authority with counterpart functions 
related to the protection of public health, unredacted 
information in the possession of the Food and Drug 
Administration relating to any of the following: 
‘‘(A) Foodborne illness surveillance data. 
‘‘(B) Laboratory sampling testing informa-
tion. 
‘‘(C) Inspectional information and results. 
‘‘(D) Distribution lists for recalls and out-
breaks. 
‘‘(E) Consumer complaints. 
‘‘(F) Any other information the Secretary 
determines will assist such authority in pro-
tecting the public. 
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‘‘(2) TIMING.—The Secretary may share infor-
mation pursuant to paragraph (1) as soon as is rea-
sonably practicable. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON FURTHER DISCLOSURE.— 
A State, local, Tribal, or Territorial authority in re-
ceipt of information provided by the Secretary under 
this subsection shall not further disclose such infor-
mation without permission of the Food and Drug 
Administration unless such authority determines 
that disclosure of such information is necessary to 
contain a foodborne illness outbreak, carry out a re-
call or carry out other State enforcement activities. 
‘‘(4) EFFECT OF SUBSECTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection affects the ability of the Secretary to 
enter into any written agreement authorized by 
other provisions of law to share confidential informa-
tion.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The first sentence 
of section 301(j) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 331(j)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as 
provided in section 708(d), the’’; and 
(2) by striking the second period at the end. 
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SEC. 3. GRANTS TO ENHANCE FOOD SAFETY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1009 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 399) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘3’’ and in-
serting ‘‘5’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘5’’; and 
(B) by amending the second sentence to 
read as follows: ‘‘In the event the Secretary 
conducts a program evaluation, funding in sub-
sequent years of the grant, where applicable, 
shall be contingent on a successful program 
evaluation by the Secretary after the first year 
of the grant.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) apply only with respect to grants awarded 
under section 1009 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 399) on or after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
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