# 116-hr-5927: Safe Medicine Act

116-hr-5927, Safe Medicine Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] (R-FL); status Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5927
- Congress: 116
- Title: Safe Medicine Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Introduced: 2020-02-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Safe Medicine Act This bill authorizes the Food and Drug Administration to temporarily ban the sale of a drug if (1) the drug (or an active ingredient of the drug) is manufactured in a country that, because of systemic problems of supervision, may be producing contaminated drugs; and (2) the drug's labeling does not have certain warnings about potential contamination. The bill also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on vulnerabilities in the U.S. medicine supply chain, including vulnerabilities related to reliance on production from other countries.

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8991: American Election Security Act
- 116-hr-8830: You Must Be Alive To Vote Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8757: BRICKS Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8702: Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID–19 Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8675: Preventing Regulatory Penalties for PPP Lenders Act
- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-5927 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5927)

## Related
- [116-hr-8991: American Election Security Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8991)
- [116-hr-8830: You Must Be Alive To Vote Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8830)
- [116-hr-8757: BRICKS Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8757)
- [116-hr-8702: Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID–19 Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8702)
- [116-hr-8675: Preventing Regulatory Penalties for PPP Lenders Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8675)
- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5927 (as of 2025-11-18).