,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #baag  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #h1 #bjai,ms4 
,matsui introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
improve the health and safety of        
,americans living with food allergies   
and related disorders1 including        
potentially life-threatening            
anaphylaxis1 food protein-induced       
enterocolitis syndrome1 and eosinophilic
 gastrointestinal diseases1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,food ,allergy 
,safety1 ,treatment1 ,education1 and    
,research ,act of #bjai or the ,,faster 
,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,food allergy safety
 recommendations of the ,national       
,academy of ,medicine  7a7 ,collection  
of food allergy data ,the ,public       
,health ,service ,act is amended by     
inserting after section #cag,t of such  
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;b-#bb7 the     
following new section3  #cag,u4         

,collection of food allergy data ,the   
,secretary1 acting through the ,director
 of the ,centers for ,disease ,control  
and ,prevention1 shall-- 7#a7 expand and
 intensify the collection of information
 on the prevalence of food allergies for
 specific allergens in the ,united      
,states1 such as through the ,national  
,health and ,nutrition ,examination     
,survey2 and  7#b7 include such         
information within annual or other      
periodic reporting to the ,congress and 
the public on other surveillance        
activities4  4  7b7 ,allergen labeling  
7#a7 ,major allergen definition ,section
 #bja7qq77#a7 of the ,federal ,food1    
,drug1 and ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4
 #cbaa7qq77#a77 is amended by striking  
and soybeans and inserting soybeans1 and
 sesame4  7#b7 ,additional allergens    
,section #bja7qq7 of the ,federal ,food1
 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba         
,u4,s4,c4 #cbaa7qq77#a77 is amended by  
adding at the end the following3  7#c7  
,any other food ingredient that the     

,secretary determines by regulation to  
be a major food allergen1 based on the  
prevalence and severity of allergic     
reactions to the food ingredient4  4    
#c4 ,report on use by ,,fda of patient  
experience data on treatments for       
patients with food allergies ,section   
#cjjd of the #bast ,century ,cures ,act 
7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #cee note7 is amended--  
7#a7 by striking ,not later than and    
inserting the following3  7a7 ,in       
general ,not later than  2 and  7#b7 by 
adding at the end the following3  7b7   
,treatments for patients with food      
allergies ,each report under subsection 
7a7 shall include a synopsis of the use 
by the ,food and ,drug ,administration  
in regulatory decisionmaking of patient 
experience data on treatments for       
patients with food allergies4  4  #d4   
,study on economic costs of food        
allergies ,the ,director of the         
,national ,institutes of ,health shall  
seek to enter into an arrangement with  
the ,national ,academies of ,sciences1  

,engineering1 and ,medicine 7or if the  
,national ,academies decline to enter   
into an arrangement1 another appropriate
 entity7 to--  7#a7 study the economic  
costs of food allergies in the ,united  
,states1 both individually and for the  
food allergy population overall2 and    
7#b7 not later than #a year after the   
date of enactment of this ,act--  7,a7  
complete such study2  7,b7 submit to the
 ,congress a report on the results of   
such study2 and  7,c7 publish such      
report4