This bill, the PERFECT Act of 2026, directs the Secretary of Defense to publish and update a public list of dietary supplement ingredients and performance-enhancing substances that members of the Armed Forces are prohibited from using. The list must be updated at least once every 90 days and made available in three formats: a web page viewable in full without using search, a searchable database, and a downloadable digital file.
The bill lets a commanding officer choose not to discipline or administratively separate a service member who possesses or uses a prohibited supplement ingredient if it is the member's first offense, the officer finds the member acted in good faith, and the member agrees to education, counseling, or drug testing instead of discipline. The bill also says possession of a supplement containing a listed ingredient (except for controlled substances listed in the Controlled Substances Act schedules) will not count as drug abuse under title 10.
The bill defines a "good faith" standard. A member meets it if they did not know the supplement contained the ingredient, bought the product at a Department of Defense-affiliated retail facility, reasonably relied on the published list that failed to identify the ingredient (including because of a misspelling or variation), or otherwise reasonably believed the supplement did not contain the ingredient.
The Secretary of Defense must update Department of Defense Instruction 6130.06 within 120 days. The Operation Supplement Safety website must be improved within one year to help vendors and service members, and the bill asks the Department to review tools such as autofill, autocorrect, AI label scanning, and a notification system for ingredient additions. The Secretary must also review opportunities to add dietary supplement safety education to existing military training within one year.
The bill requires several reports to the Armed Services Committees: an initial implementation report within 120 days on efforts to keep DoD-affiliated retail facilities from selling products with listed ingredients; a final implementation report within two years; and annual reports for five years (starting one year after enactment) listing administrative separation actions for possession or use of listed ingredients, disaggregated by armed force, pay grade, discharge sought, whether the action was contested, and outcome, plus the number of commanding officers who chose not to discipline and an assessment of education efforts.
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The bill's short title and provisions indicate an intent to protect enlisted personnel and recruits by identifying and removing risky supplement ingredients, improving public information tools, and offering education or counseling in lieu of discipline for first-time, good-faith cases.
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