House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
GRAS Act
Official title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require notification to the Food and Drug Administration prior to use of substances as generally recognized as safe, reassessment of the safety of certain substances marketed as generally recognized as safe, provide resources for reviews and reassessments, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 12, 2025
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Latest action: Aug 12, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4958.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALLONE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 137, August 12, 2025, Page H3693):Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: [The Congress shall have Power] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian TribesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 169 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4958, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4958
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ro Khanna (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.