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HR 2715Jul 20, 2026Passed Chamber

What a yes vote endorsed

Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act

What this does

The bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to let the Secretary of Health and Human Services order the destruction of an imported article that was refused admission and that the Secretary finds presents a significant public health concern. The destruction order is issued without giving the owner the option to export the article instead. The owner or consignee must destroy the article within 90 days and pay the cost, after a due process step that includes notice and a chance to be heard. Moving or exporting an article that is under a destruction order becomes a prohibited act. The new authority does not take effect until the FDA issues final implementing regulations, a process the bill allows up to roughly two and a half years to complete.

Passed the House by voice vote

How we know · 6 sourced claims
  • The bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to let the Secretary of Health and Human Services order destruction of an imported article that was refused admission and that the Secretary finds presents a significant public health concern.Source: Sec. 2(a), new 801(v)(1)
  • The destruction order is issued without giving the owner the option to export the article instead.Source: Sec. 2(a), new 801(v)(1)
  • The owner or consignee must destroy the article within 90 days and is responsible for the cost of destruction.Source: Sec. 2(a), new 801(v)(2)
  • Destruction is preceded by a due process step that includes notice and an opportunity to appear and introduce testimony.Source: Sec. 2(a), new 801(v)(3)
  • Moving or exporting an article that is under a destruction order becomes a prohibited act.Source: Sec. 2(b), new 301(jjj)
  • The new authority does not take effect until the FDA issues final implementing regulations, a process the bill allows up to roughly two and a half years to complete.Source: Sec. 2(c) and Sec. 2(d)
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Reported lobbying

At least

4

organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing.

A floor, not a total. Those organizations were counted by the client name on 5 quarterly reports filed by 4 registered lobbying firms in 2026 Q1 and 2026 Q2. The disclosure form takes a free text description of the issue, so an organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.

The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. They carry no per-bill dollar figure and no position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.

The organizations named

  • SOUTHERN SHRIMP ALLIANCE
  • NOVO NORDISK, INC.
  • NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS ASSOCIATION
  • PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA INC

Listed as filed. They are every client name on the filings counted here.

From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1 and 2026 Q2. The pull came up 2 short in 2025 Q4 and 7 short in 2026 Q2 against the register's own count, so those quarters are the filings posted rather than every one filed. 2026 Q3 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.