To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and the Secretary of the Treasury, acting through the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, to establish a system for color coding certain intoxicating drinks, and for other purposes.
Key claim: HR9913 would direct HHS/FDA and Treasury/TTB to establish a color-coding system for certain intoxicating drinks.
Abstract
(HR9913 · 119th Congress) Latest action (2026-07-23): Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Why this matters
While primarily a labeling/consumer-safety proposal, HR9913 assigns rulemaking authority to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau alongside FDA, drawing TTB — normally a tax and trade regulator — into a substantive product-marking regime for alcoholic beverages. If enacted, it would expand TTB’s compliance footprint on regulated producers without directly altering excise tax rates, illustrating how alcohol tax administration is increasingly used as a vehicle for non-revenue policy goals.