Title: Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022
This bill provides $28 million in emergency supplemental appropriations to address the shortage of infant formula in the United States.
Specifically, the bill provides appropriations for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to (1) address the current shortage of FDA-regulated infant formula and certain medical foods in the United States; and (2) prevent future shortages, including by taking the steps that are necessary to prevent fraudulent products from entering the U.S. market.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7790 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7790

Making emergency supplemental appropriations to address the shortage of 
    infant formula in the United States for the fiscal year ending 
              September 30, 2022, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2022

 Ms. DeLauro introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
Making emergency supplemental appropriations to address the shortage of 
    infant formula in the United States for the fiscal year ending 
              September 30, 2022, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2022, and for other purposes, namely:

           RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                Department of Health and Human Services

                      food and drug administration

                         salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
$28,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, shall be 
available to address the current shortage of FDA-regulated infant 
formula and certain medical foods in the United States and to prevent 
future shortages, including such steps as may be necessary to prevent 
fraudulent products from entering the United States market:  Provided, 
That the Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on a 
weekly basis on obligations of funding under this heading in this Act 
to address the shortage of infant formula and certain medical foods in 
the United States:  Provided further, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
4001(a)(1) and section 4001(b) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022.

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

    Sec. 101.  Each amount appropriated or made available by this Act 
is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 
involved.
    Sec. 102.  Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the 
additional amounts appropriated by this Act to appropriations accounts 
shall be available under the authorities and conditions applicable to 
such appropriations accounts for fiscal year 2022.
     This Act may be cited as the ``Infant Formula Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2022''.
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