Union Calendar No. 479
116th CONGRESS 2d Session |
[Report No. 116–581]
To improve the health and safety of Americans living with food allergies and related disorders, including potentially life-threatening anaphylaxis, food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome, and eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases, and for other purposes.
April 8, 2019
Ms. Matsui introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
November 16, 2020
Additional sponsors: Mr. Rose of New York, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, Mr. McHenry, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Burchett, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Levin of California, Mr. Katko, Mrs. Luria, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Van Drew, Ms. Wild, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Harder of California, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Cline, Mr. Brindisi, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Himes, Ms. Dean, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Upton, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Cox of California, Ms. Spanberger, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Steil, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Malinowski, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Reed, Mr. Peters, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Torres Small of New Mexico, Mr. McAdams, Ms. Stevens, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Cisneros, Ms. Norton, Mr. Delgado, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Riggleman, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Casten of Illinois, Mr. Bacon, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Keating, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Horsford, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Gonzalez of Ohio, Mr. Hurd of Texas, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Vargas, and Mr. Taylor
November 16, 2020
Reported with an amendment; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 8, 2019]
To improve the health and safety of Americans living with food allergies and related disorders, including potentially life-threatening anaphylaxis, food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome, and eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research Act of 2020” or the “FASTER Act of 2020”.
SEC. 2. Food allergy safety recommendations of the National Academy of Medicine.
(a) Collection of food allergy data.—The Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting before section 318 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 247c) the following new section:
“SEC. 317W. Collection of food allergy data.
“(a) In general.—The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall—
“(1) expand and intensify the collection of information on the prevalence of food allergies for specific allergens in the United States, such as through the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the National Health Interview Survey;
(b) Allergen labeling.—
(1) MAJOR FOOD ALLERGEN DEFINITION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 201(qq)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(qq)(1)) is amended by striking “and soybeans” and inserting “soybeans, and sesame”.
(2) ADDITIONAL ALLERGENS.—Section 201(qq) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(qq)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(3) Any other food ingredient that the Secretary determines by regulation to be a major food allergen, based on the scientific criteria determined by the Secretary (including the prevalence and severity of allergic reactions to the food ingredient) that establish that such food ingredient is an allergen of public health concern.”.
(3) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 201(qq)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(qq)(2)) is amended by striking “paragraph” each place it appears and inserting “subparagraph”.
SEC. 3. Report on use by FDA of patient experience data on treatments for patients with food allergies.
Section 3004 of the 21st Century Cures Act (21 U.S.C. 355 note) is amended—
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To improve the health and safety of Americans living with food allergies and related disorders, including potentially life-threatening anaphylaxis, food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome, and eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases, and for other purposes. | |||||
November 16, 2020 | |||||
Reported with an amendment; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed |