Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act
Latest action. Became public lawWhat a bill becomes when enacted, numbered by Congress and order of enactment: Public Law 119-4 is the 4th law of the 119th Congress.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) No: 112-144.
Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to reauthorize and establish new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prescription drug user-fee programs and revise and impose new requirements relating to: (1) prescription, pediatric, and generic drugs; (2) medical devices; (3) biosimilar biological products; (4) new infectious disease drugs; and (5) drug manufacturer reporting. Title I: Fees Relating to Drugs - Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2012 - (Sec. 103) Extends through FY2017 the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to assess and collect human drug application and supplement fees, prescription drug establishment fees, and prescription drug product fees to support the FDA drug development process and the process for the review of human drug applications. Increases for FY2013-FY2017 the level of required prescription drug user fee revenues. Provides for an inflation adjustment and a workload adjustment for FY2013 and for FY2014 and subsequent fiscal years for the required level of user fee revenue amounts.
Requires the Secretary, not later than 60 days before the start of each fiscal year, to establish, for the next fiscal year, application, product, and establishment fees based on revenue amounts established by this title.
(Sec. 104) Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (specified congressional committees) after the end of each fiscal year for which user fees are collected under this title (beginning with FY2013) a report on the progress of the FDA in achieving the goals identified in the letters sent by the Secretary to the Committees, the future plans of the FDA, and the progress of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research in achieving such goals.
Requires such report to include, for each review division, per fiscal year, the number of: (1) original standard new drug applications and biologics license applications filed, (2) priority new drug applications and biologics license applications filed, (3) standard efficacy supplements, (4) priority efficacy supplements, (5) applications filed for review under accelerated approval, (6) applications filed for review as fast track products, (7) applications filed for orphan-designated products, and (8) breakthrough designations.
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Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
This bill has been enacted. It is law.
The record's latest action, on July 9, 2012: Became Public Law No: 112-144.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
THOMAS HARKIN (D-IA) introduced it on May 15, 2012, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Republican.
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Vote history
- SenatePassed
- HousePassed
- PresidentSigned into law