# 119-s-3252: FSMA Fee Technical Corrections Act

119-s-3252, FSMA Fee Technical Corrections Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3252
- Congress: 119
- Title: FSMA Fee Technical Corrections Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-20
- Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Changes to food-related user fees and small-business relief.** This bill would rewrite parts of the FDA's fee rules for food inspections, reinspections, recalls, and the voluntary qualified importer program beginning in fiscal year 2026. - Facilities and importers: Would set a base annual fee of $15,000 per applicable category starting in FY2026, adjusted each year by a specified factor. Fees for the voluntary qualified importer program would be set to cover 100% of that program's costs. - Small businesses: Would cut applicable reinspection and recall fees to one-third for facilities or importers that qualify as small businesses under new size tests, for example facilities with fewer than 500 full‑time employees. - Program rules and limits: Would dedicate fees A, B, and D to foreign and domestic oversight and dedicate fee C to the voluntary qualified importer program. It would raise statutory caps to $25M and $30M and broaden the definition of "reinspection" to include follow‑up inspections after certain noncompliance findings.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Big fee cut for small food businesses: benefit, high. If enacted, small businesses facing a reinspection or recall fee would pay one-third of the usual fee for that fiscal year. The agency would publish the reduced fee schedule each year and must issue guidance on how to request the reduction within 270 days of enactment. The bill would define small b…
- Higher inspection fees for food businesses: cost, high. This bill would set annual user fees of $15,000 times an official adjustment factor for many inspected facilities and importers starting in fiscal year 2026. It would require voluntary qualified importer program fees to cover 100% of VQIP costs and dedicate A/B/D fees only to oversight of facilitie…
- New importer and reinspection rules: mixed, medium. The bill would say an "importer" means an entity covered by the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). It would also treat follow-up inspections after an inspection that had an "official action indicated" finding as reinspections, for both domestic facilities and importers under FSVP. These…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act
- 119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act

## Sources
- [119-s-3252 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3252)

## Related
- [119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5071)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2763)
- [119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3869)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3252 (as of 2026-04-21).