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S. 2952 117th Congress Senate

FDA Modernization Act of 2021

Official title: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow manufacturers and sponsors of a drug to use alternative testing methods to animal testing to … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow manufacturers and sponsors of a drug to use alternative testing methods to animal testing to investigate the safety and effectiveness of a drug, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 1, 2022 Introduced by: Rand Paul Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 7, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Oct 7, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action October 7, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

FDA Modernization Act of 2021

This bill allows an applicant for market approval for a new drug to use methods other than animal testing to establish the drug's safety and effectiveness. Under this bill, these alternative methods may include cell-based assays, organ chips and microphysiological systems, computer modeling, and other human biology-based test methods.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 7667 Food and Drug Amendments of 2022
  • S 4348 FDASLA Act of 2022
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 7

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • FARRAGUT PARTNERS LLP
    for ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • FARRAGUT PARTNERS LLP
    for ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • FARRAGUT PARTNERS LLP
    for ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • FARRAGUT PARTNERS LLP
    for ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • FARRAGUT PARTNERS LLP
    for ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • FARRAGUT PARTNERS LLP
    for ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

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 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 5 Republican 6 Independent 2
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Scott, Rick
Florida · Nov 14, 2022
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Kaine, Tim
Virginia · Sep 19, 2022
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Sep 14, 2022
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Marshall, Roger
Kansas · Sep 8, 2022
 R
Lee, Mike
Utah · Aug 1, 2022
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 6, 2022
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · May 4, 2022
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Mar 22, 2022
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Padilla, Alex
California · Mar 1, 2022
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Oct 18, 2021
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Oct 7, 2021
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Kennedy, John
Louisiana · Oct 7, 2021
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Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Oct 7, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2952: FDA Modernization Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2952/
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"S. 2952: FDA Modernization Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2952/.
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S. 2952, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2952/.
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