American Medicine Safety and Security Act

Ensuring safety and security: The bill establishes conditions on employment and work arrangements at the FDA to ensure the safety and security of drugs and devices (Section 2).

Restricting data access for certain individuals: The bill prevents employees involved in reviewing drug or device applications from accessing information outside their specific department if they have immediate family from a foreign country of concern or have worked for an entity in such a country (Section 2(d)).

Employment bans for specific nationals: Individuals who are nationals of the People's Republic of China, Russia, or Iran are ineligible for employment or paid labor at the FDA (Section 2(a), Section 2(e)(1)).

Job termination for failure to report: Employees must report if they have immediate family members who are nationals of a foreign country of concern, and failure to do so results in immediate termination of employment or service agreements (Section 2(b)).

Restrictions on future jobs: Individuals employed by the FDA are prohibited from working for, or even volunteering for, any entity based in a foreign country of concern for 10 years after their employment ends (Section 2(c)(1)).

Employment conditions for existing staff: Current employees must agree to the 10-year post-employment restrictions as a condition of maintaining their current jobs (Section 2(c)(2)(A)).

Data access limitations: Employees involved in application reviews may be denied access to drug or device information held by other FDA departments if they have immediate family members from a foreign country of concern or have previously worked for an entity in such a country (Section 2(d)).