H.R. 9949 119th Congress House

Safe Baby Formula Act of 2026

Official title: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on the impacts of arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead in infant formula on infant heal… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on the impacts of arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead in infant formula on infant health and establish standards for regulating the content of such substances in infant formula.

Introduced: July 27, 2026 Introduced by: Tom Barrett Republican · Michigan See on congress.gov

Commerce

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Jul 27, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Jul 27, 2026

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FED
for AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FED · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
1 filing
Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
1 filing
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
1 filing
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
1 filing
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
1 filing
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
1 filing
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
1 filing
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
1 filing

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9949: Safe Baby Formula Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9949/

MLA

"H.R. 9949: Safe Baby Formula Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9949/.

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H.R. 9949, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9949/.

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