# 117-hr-6980: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a pilot program under which the Secretary increases the conduct of unannounced inspections of foreign human drug establishments and evaluates the differences between inspections of domestic and foreign human drug establishments, including the impact of announcing inspections to persons who own or operate foreign human drug establishments in advance of an inspection.

117-hr-6980, To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a pilot program under which the Secretary increases the conduct of unannounced inspections of foreign human drug establishments and evaluates the differences between inspections of domestic and foreign human drug establishments, including the impact of announcing inspections to persons who own or operate foreign human drug establishments in advance of an inspection., is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9] (R-NC); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-6980
- Congress: 117
- Title: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a pilot program under which the Secretary increases the conduct of unannounced inspections of foreign human drug establishments and evaluates the differences between inspections of domestic and foreign human drug establishments, including the impact of announcing inspections to persons who own or operate foreign human drug establishments in advance of an inspection.
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2022-03-08
- Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to conduct a pilot program to increase the number of unannounced inspections of foreign drug manufacturing facilities and evaluate the differences between inspections of domestic and foreign facilities.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2022-03-08T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-6980 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6980)

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