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HR 6432 110th Congress House Health Administrative fees Administrative remedies Agriculture and Food Animals Antibiotics Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Clinical trials Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Data banks Drug approvals Drug resistance in microorganisms Drugs Economics and Public Finance Food safety Generic drugs Government Operations and Politics Government publicity

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the animal drug user fee program, to establish a program of fees relating to generic new animal drugs, to make certain technical corrections to the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 8, 2008 Introduced by: Pallone, Frank Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 24 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 14, 2008
Became Public Law No: 110-316.
Aug 14, 2008
Signed by President.
Aug 6, 2008
Presented to President.
Aug 1, 2008
Cleared for White House.
Aug 1, 2008
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Aug 1, 2008
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7984)
Aug 1, 2008
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7984)
Jul 31, 2008
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Jul 30, 2008
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Jul 30, 2008
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 30, 2008
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7534-7539)
Jul 30, 2008
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7534-7539)
Jul 30, 2008
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6432.
Jul 30, 2008
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7534-7541)
Jul 30, 2008
Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 30, 2008
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 520.
Jul 30, 2008
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-804.
Jul 16, 2008
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jul 16, 2008
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 9, 2008
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Jul 9, 2008
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 8, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 8, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 8, 2008
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on July 30, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Title I: Animal Drug User Fee Amendments - Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2008 - (Sec. 102) Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise definitions, including defining the "process for the review of animal drug applications" to include the review of advertising and labeling prior to an approval of an animal drug application or supplemental animal application after the animal drug has been approved.

(Sec. 103) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to assess 50% of the standard fee for a new animal drug application for a drug that combines active ingredients that have been approved separately.

Sets forth the amount of revenue that animal drug application fees, supplemental and other animal drug application fees, product fees, establishment fees, and sponsor fees are to generate for FY2009-FY2013.

(Sec. 104) Requires the Secretary to report to Congress and make publicly available information on: (1) progress toward the goal of expediting the animal drug development process and the review of animal drug applications; and (2) implementation of the authority for and use of animal drug fees.

Sets forth a process for the Secretary to develop recommendations for the process of review of animal drug applications after FY2013.

(Sec. 105) Requires the sponsor of any new animal drug that contains an antimicrobial active ingredient to annually report to the Secretary on the amount of each antimicrobial active ingredient in the drug that is sold or distributed for use in food-producing animals, including information on any distributor-labeled product. Authorizes the Secretary to share such information with the Antimicrobial Resistance Task Force.

(Sec. 108) Terminates the authority to collect and assess animal drug fees on October 1, 2013. Terminates reporting requirements on January 31, 2014.

Title II: Animal Generic Drug User Fee - Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act of 2008 - (Sec. 202) Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary to assess and collect fees for an abbreviated application for a generic new animal drug, including application fees, product fees, and sponsor fees.

Sets forth total revenue to be collected for each type of fee for FY2009-FY2013.

Provides for fee adjustments. Requires the Secretary to establish such fees each fiscal year.

Provides for fee waivers where the Secretary finds that the generic new animal drug is intended solely to provide for a minor use or minor species indication.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2013.

(Sec. 203) Requires the Secretary to report to Congress and make publicly available information on: (1) progress toward the goal of expediting the generic new animal drug development process and the review of abbreviated applications for such drugs; and (2) the implementation of the authority for and use of generic new animal drug fees.

Sets forth the process for developing recommendations to present to Congress for the review of abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs after FY2013.

(Sec. 204) Terminates the authority to assess and use generic new animal drug fees on October 1, 2013. Terminates reporting requirements on January 31, 2014.

Title III: Technical Corrections to FDAAA - (Sec. 301) Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that consideration of a citizen petition or a petition for a stay of agency action on a new drug application be separate and apart from review and approval of any such application.

(Sec. 302) Amends the Public Health Service Act to make technical corrections to provisions related to the clinical trials data bank.

What's happening now August 14, 2008

Became Public Law No: 110-316.

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