# 119-s-2986: American Medicine Safety and Security Act

119-s-2986, American Medicine Safety and Security Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2986
- Congress: 119
- Title: American Medicine Safety and Security Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-10-08
- Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Blocks certain foreign-affiliated individuals from working at FDA to protect drug and device safety.** The bill would bar nationals of the People’s Republic of China, Russia, and Iran from FDA employment, require staff to report immediate-family ties to those countries, and limit staff access to drug and device information when those ties exist or when the staffer previously worked for entities based there. - FDA workers would face new eligibility and reporting rules. Nationals of the listed countries would be ineligible for paid FDA work, and employees who fail to report an immediate family member who is a national of those countries would be subject to immediate termination. - Current and future FDA employees would face a 10-year post-employment ban on working for or volunteering with entities based in those countries, and existing staff must agree to the restriction to keep their jobs. - Reviewers and others involved in approval, clearance, licensure, or authorization of drugs or devices would be barred from accessing drug or device information held by other parts of FDA if they have disqualifying family ties or prior paid or volunteer work for entities based in the listed countries. - "Immediate family" is defined as the employee's mother, father, sibling, or child.

## Provisions PRIA read

- New job rules for FDA workers: cost, high. If enacted, the bill would bar nationals of China, Russia, or Iran from being hired by the FDA or doing paid work for the agency. FDA employees who have an immediate family member (mother, father, sibling, or child) who is a national of those countries would have to report that fact to the FDA. If…
- Limits on FDA reviewers' data access: cost, medium. If enacted, the bill would block FDA reviewers of drug or device applications from seeing drug or device information held outside their office if they have certain foreign ties. Ties include having an immediate family member who is a national of China, Russia, or Iran, or having ever worked or volu…

## Related bills

- 119-s-2342: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-4615: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
- 119-s-2142: GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-2010: TERMS Act
- 119-s-292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-2986 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2986)

## Related
- [119-s-2342: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2342)
- [119-s-4615: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4615)
- [119-s-2142: GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2142)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-2010: TERMS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2010)
- [119-s-292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-292)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2986 (as of 2026-04-21).