# 119-hr-9981: Foodborne Illness Rapid Response Act

119-hr-9981, Foodborne Illness Rapid Response Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-08).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9981
- Congress: 119
- Title: Foodborne Illness Rapid Response Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-07-30
- Sponsor: Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-08

## Summary

**Preserve CDC staffing for foodborne disease surveillance and outbreak response for one year after a major outbreak.** This bill would bar staffing cuts and reorganizations that remove 1% or more of employees in the CDC divisions that handle foodborne disease surveillance and outbreak response within any 60-day period during that 12-month window. - CDC surveillance and outbreak-response staff: Would be protected from any agency action that removes 1% or more of employees in those specific divisions within a 60-day span for one year after a multi-state or nationally significant foodborne illness outbreak. - Federal staffing and reorganization actions: Agencies could not carry out reduction-in-force procedures or reorganizations that shrink those CDC divisions by the defined threshold during the 12-month post-outbreak period.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Protect CDC outbreak response staff: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would stop the Secretary of Health and Human Services from cutting staff at CDC divisions that track foodborne diseases and run outbreak response for one year after a multi-state or nationally significant foodborne outbreak. It would bar any agency action — including reductions…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-3077: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-9981 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9981)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-3077: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3077)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9981 (as of 2026-08-08).