[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2371 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2371

  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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 22, 2025

  Mr. Cotton (for himself, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Scott of Florida, and Mr. 
    Hawley) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
  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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Baby Formula Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. STUDY ON INFANT FORMULA.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall complete a study on the 
impacts of arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead in infant formula on 
infant health.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF TOXIC METALS IN INFANT FORMULA.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall--
            (1) establish enforcement action levels with respect to 
        arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead in infant formula; or
            (2) establish, through rulemaking, maximum contamination 
        levels for arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead in infant 
        formula.

SEC. 4. DEFINITION.

    In this Act, the term ``infant formula'' has the meaning given such 
term in section 201(z) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 321(z)).
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