Bill · S. 3252· Senate(119-S-3252)
FSMA Fee Technical Corrections Act
- Introduced
- 11/20/2025
- Last activity
- 11/20/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S8277-8278)
- Sponsored by
- Richard Durbin
- Cosponsors
- - 2 - 0
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The FSMA Fee Technical Corrections Act makes technical changes to the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. It allows the FDA to collect food-related reinspection and recall fees. The bill sets specific fee amounts and creates an adjusted, lower fee for small businesses. It also defines what counts as a reinspection, an importer, and a small business. Finally, it specifies how the collected fees must be used and updates the limits on the amount of fees that can be collected.
Yes· 3 of 5
Does this make it easier to run a small business?+4
Provides a significant fee reduction to 1/3 of the standard amount for qualifying small businesses.
Does this give people more protection from unfair business practices?+3
Enhances food safety by ensuring funding for reinspections and recall oversight.
Does this make the government pay for what it commits to?+2
Ensures that fee collections are credited back if overestimated and restricted to specific oversight costs.
The opposite· 3 of 4
Would business owners be better off under this?-2
Creates new financial liabilities for food facility and importer owners.
Would immigrants be better off under this?-2
Increases costs for foreign importers of food.
Does this make trade with other countries easier?-2
Increases financial burden on foreign food importers through reinspection and recall fees.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Reduced costs for small businesses: Small businesses, as defined in Section 2(d), get a fee reduction to 1/3 of the standard amount under Section 2(a)(B)(i).
- Clear guidance for fee reductions: The Secretary must publish guidance within 270 days to explain how food facilities or importers can request fee reductions, according to Section 2(a)(B)(i)(III).
- Accountability for fee overestimates: The Secretary must credit carryover fee collections from the previous year if the amount needed was overestimated, per Section 2(a)(B)(iii).
- Dedicated funding for oversight: Fees collected for reinspections and recalls are restricted to being used solely for the costs of oversight of domestic and foreign facilities and importers under Section 2(b)(A).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Financial burden on facilities and importers: The bill establishes specific fees of $15,000 (subject to adjustment factors) for various food-related activities under Section 2(a)(A).
- Increased fee limits: The bill increases the limitation on the amount of fees that can be collected, raising the limits from $20,000,000 to $25,000,000 and from $25,000,000 to $30,000,000 under Section 2(c).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Economy And Finance
- Improves Small Business Support+4Improves Consumer Protection+3Improves Fiscal Responsibility+2
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Business Owners-2Good For Immigrants-2Good For Farmers-1
- Governance And Ideology
- Improves Government Transparency+2Increases Federal Power+1
- National Security And Foreign Policy
- Improves International Trade-2
- 11/20/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S8277-8278)
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
Richard BlumenthalDemocrat · Connecticut
Edward MarkeyDemocrat · Massachusetts