To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to submit to Congress a report on barriers, including regulatory inefficiencies, to domestic manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients, finished drug products, and devices, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to report to Congress on barriers to the domestic manufacturing of imported active pharmaceutical ingredients, finished drug products, and devices that are critical to public health. The report must recommend strategies to overcome such barriers. The FDA may, to the extent appropriate, implement the strategies.
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Introduction
Feb 2022
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Introduced Feb 11, 2022
Last action Feb 14, 2022
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Feb 14, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Feb 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
lower
Feb 11, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 20 co-sponsors
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Yvette Herrell
RRepublican
Co
Alexander X. Mooney
RRepublican
Co
Austin Scott
RRepublican
Co
Brian Babin
RRepublican
Co
Byron Donalds
RRepublican
Co
Clay Higgins
RRepublican
Co
David B. McKinley
RRepublican
Co
Fred Keller
RRepublican
Co
Jake LaTurner
RRepublican
Co
Jim Banks
RRepublican
Co
Kat Cammack
RRepublican
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