To make persons who are nationals of countries that are members of the European Community ineligible to certify products produced outside the United States for compliance with standards and…
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Official title: To make persons who are nationals of countries that are members of the European Community ineligible to certify products produced outside the United States for compliance with standards and requirements established by the food and Drug Administration for medical devices, electronic products, infant formula, animal feeds and drugs, drugs intended for human use, food, and color additives until the Secretary of Commerce certifies that the European Community is setting product standards and requirements in an open and fair manner and has established equitable rules for testing and certifying products for compliance with product standards and requirements.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Declares that, until the certification required by this Act is made, no national of a European Community (EC) member country shall be eligible to certify compliance of products produced outside the United States with any standard or requirement of specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Requires those restrictions to remain effective until the Secretary of Commerce certifies to appropriate congressional committees that the EC is setting product standards and requirements in an open and fair manner and has established equitable rules for testing and certifying products for compliance with standards and requirements of the EC by laboratories in non-EC member countries.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4473: To make persons who are nationals of countries that are members of the European Community ineligible to certify products produced outside the United States for compliance with standards and requirements established by the food and Drug Administration for medical devices, electronic products, infant formula, animal feeds and drugs, drugs intended for human use, food, and color additives until the Secretary of Commerce certifies that the European Community is setting product standards and requirements in an open and fair manner and has established equitable rules for testing and certifying products for compliance with product standards and requirements.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-4473/
"H.R. 4473: To make persons who are nationals of countries that are members of the European Community ineligible to certify products produced outside the United States for compliance with standards and requirements established by the food and Drug Administration for medical devices, electronic products, infant formula, animal feeds and drugs, drugs intended for human use, food, and color additives until the Secretary of Commerce certifies that the European Community is setting product standards and requirements in an open and fair manner and has established equitable rules for testing and certifying products for compliance with product standards and requirements.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-4473/.
H.R. 4473, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-4473/.
[H.R. 4473: To make persons who are nationals of countries that are members of the European Community ineligible to certify products produced outside the United States for compliance with standards and requirements established by the food and Drug Administration for medical devices, electronic products, infant formula, animal feeds and drugs, drugs intended for human use, food, and color additives until the Secretary of Commerce certifies that the European Community is setting product standards and requirements in an open and fair manner and has established equitable rules for testing and certifying products for compliance with product standards and requirements.](https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-4473/)