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HRES 17 112th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Commissioner of Food and Drugs should evaluate the scientific evidence on the question of whether to add more folic acid to enriched…

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Official title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Commissioner of Food and Drugs should evaluate the scientific evidence on the question of whether to add more folic acid to enriched grain products and expand folic acid fortification into cornmeal and corn-based food products to help prevent further serious birth defects.

Introduced: January 5, 2011 Introduced by: Sessions, Pete Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
Health Health promotion and preventive careHereditary and development disordersMedical researchNutrition and diet
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Feb 1, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 5, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 5, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 1, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls on the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA) to evaluate the scientific evidence on the question of whether to add more folic acid to enriched grain products and expand folic acid fortification into cornmeal and corn-based food products to help prevent further serious birth defects.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 17: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Commissioner of Food and Drugs should evaluate the scientific evidence on the question of whether to add more folic acid to enriched grain products and expand folic acid fortification into cornmeal and corn-based food products to help prevent further serious birth defects.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-17/
MLA
"H. Res. 17: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Commissioner of Food and Drugs should evaluate the scientific evidence on the question of whether to add more folic acid to enriched grain products and expand folic acid fortification into cornmeal and corn-based food products to help prevent further serious birth defects.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-17/.
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H. Res. 17, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-17/.
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[H. Res. 17: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Commissioner of Food and Drugs should evaluate the scientific evidence on the question of whether to add more folic acid to enriched grain products and expand folic acid fortification into cornmeal and corn-based food products to help prevent further serious birth defects.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-17/)
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