Bill H.R.7933 titled “To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the safety and supply of infant formula, and for other purposes” was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services Education and Labor and Agriculture for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Rosa DeLauro with Nanette Barragan, Karen Bass, Sanford Bishop, Earl Blumenauer, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Suzanne Bonamici, Jamaal Bowman, Cheri Bustos, Salud Carbajal, Tony Cárdenas, Andre Carson, Ed Case, Sean Casten, Kathy Castor, Judy Chu, David Cicilline, Katherine Clark, Steve Cohen, Gerald Connolly, James Cooper, Joe Courtney, Jason Crow, Danny Davis, Madeleine Dean, Val Demings, Mark Desaulnier, Mike Doyle, Dwight Evans, Lois Frankel, Ruben Gallego, Jahana Hayes, James Himes, Sheila Jackson Lee, Derek Kilmer, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ann Kuster, James Langevin, John Larson, Brenda Lawrence, Al Lawson, Barbara Lee, Mike Levin, Carolyn Maloney, Betty Mccollum, Grace Meng, Jerrold Nadler, Grace Napolitano, Eleanor Norton, Jimmy Panetta, Chris Pappas, Ed Perlmutter, Chellie Pingree, Mark Pocan, Katie Porter, Ayanna Pressley, Jamie Raskin, Deborah Ross, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Michael San Nicolas, John Sarbanes, Mary Scanlon, Janice Schakowsky, Kim Schrier, Darren Soto, Abigail Spanberger, Jackie Speier, Haley Stevens, Eric Swalwell, Mike Thompson, Dina Titus, Rashida Tlaib, Ritchie Torres, Lori Trahan, David Trone, Lauren Underwood, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Peter Welch, Susan Wild, Frederica Wilson as cosponsors.
The Agriculture Committee moves forward in some way on one bill per day, taking one action on average per day.
Most bills have a hearing where those involved explain why they are for or against the bill. Roughly 8,000 bills are addressed by committees each year but only about 800 make it to the floor of Congress, according to ushistory.org.
A 2019 report from the Brookings Institute argued committees aren’t capable of delving fully into the issues they address and are forced to rely on lobbyists.
| Bill Name | Sponsor | Action |
|---|---|---|
| To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the safety and supply of infant formula, and for other purposes. | Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. | House of Representatives |
