H.R. 7980

Summary

H.R. 7980, the Protecting Americans from Unsafe Drugs Act of 2026, was introduced in the House on Mar 18, 2026 by Rep. Maxine Dexter (D). It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Mar 18, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Record

Text

H.R. 7980 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 7980 IH: Protecting Americans from Unsafe Drugs Act of 2026
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-03-18
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 7980  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 18, 2026   Ms. Dexter  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 expand certain authorities with respect to the recall of controlled substances to apply with respect to all drugs, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Protecting Americans from Unsafe Drugs Act of 2026  .
2.
Notification, nondistribution, and recall of drugs
(a)
Order To cease distribution and recall
Section 569D of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 360bbb–8d ) is amended—
(1)
in the section heading, by striking
controlled substances   and inserting
drugs  ;
(2)
by striking  controlled substance  each place such term appears and inserting  drug ;
(3)
in subsection (b)—
(A)
by striking  controlled substances  and inserting  drugs ; and
(B)
by inserting  of subsection (a)  after  an order pursuant to paragraph (1) or an amended order pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (3) ; and
(4)
in subsection (c), by striking  or an official senior to such Director  and inserting  or the Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (or an official senior to either such Director) .
(b)
Imports and exports
Section 801(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 381(a) ) is amended by striking  is a controlled substance subject to an order under section 569D  and inserting  is a drug subject to an order under section 569D .

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To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to expand certain authorities with respect to the recall of controlled substances to apply with respect to all drugs, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Maxine Dexter (D) sponsors H.R. 7980 alone.

Maxine Dexter

Rep. · D–OR-3 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 7980 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Mar 18, 2026 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 7980 has taken 2 actions since Mar 18, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 7980 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 7980 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Protecting Americans from Unsafe Drugs Act of 2026 — Display Title
• Protecting Americans from Unsafe Drugs Act of 2026 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to expand certain authorities with respect to the recall of controlled substances to apply with respect to all drugs, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 2 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 7980 in 3 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Aerospace, Budget/Appropriations, Chemicals/Chemical Industry, Defense, Energy/Nuclear, Environment/Superfund, Fuel/Gas/Oil, Government Issues.

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 7980 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 7980’s is Health.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 7980, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. DEXTER:H.R. 7980.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H2597]

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