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S. 2917 · 113th CongressPublic Law 113-233Health

Adding Ebola to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act became law 34 days after introduction, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties

Sponsored by Harkin, Tom D-IA · 45 cosponsors: 26 Democrats, 19 Republicans
IntroducedNov 12, 2014
ReportedNov 19, 2014
Passed one chamberDec 2, 2014
Passed bothDec 3, 2014
LawDec 16, 2014
What it changes · CRS summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 188 words.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.) Adding Ebola to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act -

(Sec. 2) Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to add filoviruses, a family of viruses that includes the Ebola virus, to the list of tropical diseases under the priority review voucher program, which awards vouchers to sponsors of human drug applications that are approved to prevent or treat tropical diseases. (A voucher entitles the holder to have a future human drug application acted upon by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within six months.) Changes the process by which infectious diseases that do not significantly impact developed nations and disproportionately affect poor and marginalized populations can be designated as tropical diseases from rulemaking to order of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Allows priority review vouchers to be transferred between sponsors of human drug applications any number of times. Reduces from 365 days to 90 days the advance notice required before submitting a human drug application subject to a priority review voucher.

Context
Committees
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Policy area
Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
Sponsor
3 of 52 bills enacted since 2013
Text versions
5, from enrolled bill to public law · 330 words
Subjects
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationDrug therapyInfectious and parasitic diseases
Latest action
Dec 16, 2014: Became Public Law No: 113-233.
Records
Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1

Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.

Identical or companion · 1
  • 113th H.R. 5729 Adding Ebola to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act R · Introduced

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Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]