H.R. 875 Food Satey Modenization Act of 2009

H.R. 875: 111th Congress This is a bill in the U.S. Congress originating in the House of Representatives ("H.R."). A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate and then be signed by the President before it becomes law. Bill numbers restart from 1 every two years. Each two-year cycle is called a session of Congress. This bill was created in the 111th Congress, in 2009-2010. The titles of bills are written by the bill's sponsor and are a part of the legislation itself. GovTrack does not editorialize bill summaries. 2009-2010 Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 To establish the Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes.

Overview

Sponsor:	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]show cosponsors (41) Cosponsors [as of 2009-04-18] Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI] Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA] Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY] Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY] Rep. Mark Schauer [D-MI] Rep. James McGovern [D-MA] Rep. John Tierney [D-MA] Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ] Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY] Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY] Del. Eleanor Norton [D-DC] Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL] Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL] Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA] Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL] Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA] Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO] Rep. Linda Sánchez [D-CA] Rep. James McDermott [D-WA] Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA] Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D-AZ] Rep. Timothy Ryan [D-OH] Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA] Rep. André Carson [D-IN] Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT] Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN] Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA] Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME] Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA] Rep. John Hall [D-NY] Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY] Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY] Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL] Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH] Rep. Mazie Hirono [D-HI] Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH] Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX] Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV] Rep. Christopher Murphy [D-CT] Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR] Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger [D-MD] Cosponsorship information sometimes is out of date. Why?
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Status:	Introduced Feb 4, 2009 Referred to Committee View Committee Assignments Reported by Committee ... Voted on in House ... Voted on in Senate ... Signed by President ... This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills and resolutions first go to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise them before they go to general debate. The majority of bills and resolutions never make it out of committee. [Last Updated: Apr 18, 2009 5:20PM]
Last Action:	Feb 4, 2009: Referred to House Agriculture
Related:	See the Related Legislation page for other bills related to this one and a list of subject terms that have been applied to this bill. Sometimes the text of one bill or resolution is incorporated into another, and in those cases the original bill or resolution, as it would appear here, would seem to be abandoned.