,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bihf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #h1   
#bjbe,mr4 ,cotton introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to establish certain conditions
 on employment and other work           
arrangements at the ,food and ,drug     
,administration to ensure the safety and
 security of drugs and devices4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,american ,medicine ,safety and     
,security ,act4  #b4 ,conditions for    
,,fda employment and other work         
arrangements  7a7 ,nationals of foreign 
countries of concern ,no individual who 
is a national of a country of foreign   
concern shall be eligible for employment
 at1 or for otherwise performing labor  
or services for remuneration for1 the   
,food and ,drug ,administration4  7b7   
,reporting by certain employees and     
other workers ,in the case of an        

employee of1 or other individual        
performing labor or services for        
remuneration for1 the ,food and ,drug   
,administration who has an immediate    
family member who is a national of a    
foreign country of concern1 such        
employee or individual shall report such
 information1 in accordance with a      
process established by the ,commissioner
 of ,food and ,drugs4 ,the ,secretary of
 ,health and ,human ,services shall     
immediately terminate the employment or 
agreement for labor or services for     
remuneration1 as applicable1 of any     
employee or other individual who fails  
to make a report required under this    
subsection4  7c7 ,limitation on         
subsequent employment and other work    
7#a7 ,in general ,with respect to any   
individual who is employed by the ,food 
and ,drug ,administration on or after   
the date of enactment of this ,act1 for 
the #aj-year period immediately         
following such period of employment at  
the ,food and ,drug ,administration1    

such individual may not be employed by1 
nor enter into an agreement to perform  
labor or services for remuneration or on
 a volunteer basis for1 any entity based
 in a foreign country of concern4  7#b7 
,contractual agreement  7,a7 ,existing  
employees ,effective on the date of     
enactment of this ,act1 each employee of
 the ,food and ,drug ,administration    
hired prior to such date of enactment1  
as a condition of maintaining such      
employment1 shall agree to the          
limitation on subsequent employment and 
other labor or services described in    
paragraph 7#a74  7,b7 ,new employees    
,beginning on the date of enactment of  
this ,act1 each employee of the ,food   
and ,drug ,administration hired after   
such date of enactment1 as a condition  
of such employment1 shall agree to the  
limitation on subsequent employment and 
other labor or services described in    
paragraph 7#a74  7d7 ,limitation on     
access to data ,with respect to an      
employee of1 or other individual        

performing labor or services for        
remuneration for1 the ,food and ,drug   
,administration who is engaged in the   
review of applications for the approval1
 clearance1 licensure1 or authorization 
of drugs or devices1 such employee or   
other individual shall not have access  
to drug or device information held by   
any department1 division1 or office of  
the ,food and ,drug ,administration     
other than the department1 division1 or 
office employing the employee1 or       
otherwise engaging the individual in the
 performance of labor or services for   
remuneration1 if-- 7#a7 any member of   
the employee's or individual's immediate
 family is a national of a foreign      
country of concern2 or  7#b7 the        
employee or individual previously       
worked1 at any time1 as an employee or  
other individual performing labor or    
services for remuneration or on a       
volunteer basis1 at an entity based in a
 foreign country of concern4  7e7       
,definitions ,for purposes of this      

section-- 7#a7 the term foreign country 
of concern means the ,people's ,republic
 of ,china1 ,russia1 or ,iran2 and  7#b7
 the term immediate family1 with respect
 to an individual1 means the mother1    
father1 sibling1 or child of the        
individual4