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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1407
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 9, 2013
Mr. Shimkus (for
himself, Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Upton,
Mr. Pitts,
Mr. Waxman,
Mr. Pallone,
Mr. Burgess,
Mr. Guthrie, and
Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and
Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to
reauthorize user fee programs relating to new animal drugs.
1.
Short title; finding
(a)
Short
title
This Act may be cited as the Animal Drug User Fee
Amendments of 2013.
(b)
Finding
Congress
finds that the fees authorized by the amendments made in this Act will be
dedicated toward expediting the animal drug development process and the review
of new and supplemental animal drug applications and investigational animal
drug submissions as set forth in the goals identified, for purposes of part 4
of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, in
the letters from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Chairman of
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the
Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the
Senate as set forth in the Congressional Record.
2.
Definitions
Section 739 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j–11) is amended to read as follows:
739.
Definitions
For purposes of this part:
(1) The term
animal drug application means an application for approval of any
new animal drug submitted under section 512(b)(1). Such term does not include
either a new animal drug application submitted under section 512(b)(2) or a
supplemental animal drug application.
(2) The term
supplemental animal drug application means—
(A) a request to the
Secretary to approve a change in an animal drug application which has been
approved; or
(B) a request to the
Secretary to approve a change to an application approved under section
512(c)(2) for which data with respect to safety or effectiveness are
required.
(3) The term
animal drug product means each specific strength or potency of a
particular active ingredient or ingredients in final dosage form marketed by a
particular manufacturer or distributor, which is uniquely identified by the
labeler code and product code portions of the national drug code, and for which
an animal drug application or a supplemental animal drug application has been
approved.
(4) The term
animal drug establishment means a foreign or domestic place of
business which is at one general physical location consisting of one or more
buildings all of which are within 5 miles of each other, at which one or more
animal drug products are manufactured in final dosage form.
(5) The term
investigational animal drug submission means—
(A) the filing of a
claim for an investigational exemption under section 512(j) for a new animal
drug intended to be the subject of an animal drug application or a supplemental
animal drug application; or
(B) the submission of
information for the purpose of enabling the Secretary to evaluate the safety or
effectiveness of an animal drug application or supplemental animal drug
application in the event of their filing.
(6) The term
animal drug sponsor means either an applicant named in an animal
drug application that has not been withdrawn by the applicant and for which
approval has not been withdrawn by the Secretary, or a person who has submitted
an investigational animal drug submission that has not been terminated or
otherwise rendered inactive by the Secretary.
(7) The term
final dosage form means, with respect to an animal drug product, a
finished dosage form which is approved for administration to an animal without
substantial further manufacturing. Such term includes animal drug products
intended for mixing in animal feeds.
(8) The term
process for the review of animal drug applications means the
following activities of the Secretary with respect to the review of animal drug
applications, supplemental animal drug applications, and investigational animal
drug submissions:
(A) The activities
necessary for the review of animal drug applications, supplemental animal drug
applications, and investigational animal drug submissions.
(B) The issuance of
action letters which approve animal drug applications or supplemental animal
drug applications or which set forth in detail the specific deficiencies in
animal drug applications, supplemental animal drug applications, or
investigational animal drug submissions and, where appropriate, the actions
necessary to place such applications, supplements, or submissions in condition
for approval.
(C) The inspection of
animal drug establishments and other facilities undertaken as part of the
Secretary’s review of pending animal drug applications, supplemental animal
drug applications, and investigational animal drug submissions.
(D) Monitoring of
research conducted in connection with the review of animal drug applications,
supplemental animal drug applications, and investigational animal drug
submissions.
(E) The development of
regulations and policy related to the review of animal drug applications,
supplemental animal drug applications, and investigational animal drug
submissions.
(F) Development of
standards for products subject to review.
(G) Meetings between
the agency and the animal drug sponsor.
(H) Review of
advertising and labeling prior to approval of an animal drug application or
supplemental animal drug application, but not after such application has been
approved.
(9) The term
costs of resources allocated for the process for the review of animal
drug applications means the expenses in connection with the process for
the review of animal drug applications for—
(A) officers and
employees of the Food and Drug Administration, contractors of the Food and Drug
Administration, advisory committees consulted with respect to the review of
specific animal drug applications, supplemental animal drug applications, or
investigational animal drug submissions, and costs related to such officers,
employees, committees, and contractors, including costs for travel, education,
and recruitment and other personnel activities;
(B) management of
information and the acquisition, maintenance, and repair of computer
resources;
(C) leasing,
maintenance, renovation, and repair of facilities and acquisition, maintenance,
and repair of fixtures, furniture, scientific equipment, and other necessary
materials and supplies; and
(D) collecting fees
under section 740 and accounting for resources allocated for the review of
animal drug applications, supplemental animal drug applications, and
investigational animal drug submissions.
(10) The term
adjustment factor applicable to a fiscal year refers to the
formula set forth in section 735(8) with the base or comparator month being
October 2002.
(11) The term
person includes an affiliate thereof.
(12) The term
affiliate refers to the definition set forth in section
735(11).
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3.
Authority to
assess and use animal drug fees
Section 740 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j–12) is amended to read as follows:
740.
Authority to
assess and use animal drug fees
(a)
Types of
fees
Beginning in fiscal year 2004, the Secretary shall assess
and collect fees in accordance with this section as follows:
(1)
Animal drug
application and supplement fee
(A)
In
general
Each person that submits, on or after September 1, 2003,
an animal drug application or a supplemental animal drug application shall be
subject to a fee as follows:
(i) A
fee established in subsection (c) for an animal drug application, except an
animal drug application described in section 512(d)(4).
(ii) A
fee established in subsection (c), in an amount that is equal to 50 percent of
the amount of the fee under clause (i), for—
(I) a supplemental
animal drug application for which safety or effectiveness data are required;
and
(II) an animal drug
application described in section 512(d)(4).
(B)
Payment
The
fee required by subparagraph (A) shall be due upon submission of the animal
drug application or supplemental animal drug application.
(C)
Exception for
previously filed application or supplement
If an animal drug
application or a supplemental animal drug application was submitted by a person
that paid the fee for such application or supplement, was accepted for filing,
and was not approved or was withdrawn (without a waiver or refund), the
submission of an animal drug application or a supplemental animal drug
application for the same product by the same person (or the person’s licensee,
assignee, or successor) shall not be subject to a fee under subparagraph
(A).
(D)
Refund of fee if
application refused for filing
The Secretary shall refund 75
percent of the fee paid under subparagraph (B) for any animal drug application
or supplemental animal drug application which is refused for filing.
(E)
Refund of fee if
application withdrawn
If an animal drug application or a
supplemental animal drug application is withdrawn after the application or
supplement was filed, the Secretary may refund the fee or portion of the fee
paid under subparagraph (B) if no substantial work was performed on the
application or supplement after the application or supplement was filed. The
Secretary shall have the sole discretion to refund the fee under this
paragraph. A determination by the Secretary concerning a refund under this
paragraph shall not be reviewable.
(2)
Animal drug
product fee
(A)
In
general
Each person—
(i) who is named as
the applicant in an animal drug application or supplemental animal drug
application for an animal drug product which has been submitted for listing
under section 510; and
(ii) who, after
September 1, 2003, had pending before the Secretary an animal drug application
or supplemental animal drug application,
shall
pay for each such animal drug product the annual fee established in subsection
(c).
(B)
Payment; fee due
date
Such fee shall be payable for the fiscal year in which the
animal drug product is first submitted for listing under section 510, or is
submitted for relisting under section 510 if the animal drug product has been
withdrawn from listing and relisted. After such fee is paid for that fiscal
year, such fee shall be due each subsequent fiscal year that the product
remains listed, upon the later of—
(i) the first business
day after the date of enactment of an appropriations Act providing for the
collection and obligation of fees for such fiscal year under this section;
or
(ii) January 31 of
each year.
(C)
Limitation
Such
fee shall be paid only once for each animal drug product for a fiscal year in
which the fee is payable.
(3)
Animal drug
establishment fee
(A)
In
general
Each person—
(i) who owns or
operates, directly or through an affiliate, an animal drug
establishment;
(ii) who is named as
the applicant in an animal drug application or supplemental animal drug
application for an animal drug product which has been submitted for listing
under section 510; and
(iii) who, after
September 1, 2003, had pending before the Secretary an animal drug application
or supplemental animal drug application,
shall
be assessed an annual establishment fee as established in subsection (c) for
each animal drug establishment listed in its approved animal drug application
as an establishment that manufactures the animal drug product named in the
application.
(B)
Payment; fee due
date
The annual establishment fee shall be assessed in each
fiscal year in which the animal drug product named in the application is
assessed a fee under paragraph (2) unless the animal drug establishment listed
in the application does not engage in the manufacture of the animal drug
product during the fiscal year. The fee under this paragraph for a fiscal year
shall be due upon the later of—
(i) the first business
day after the date of enactment of an appropriations Act providing for the
collection and obligation of fees for such fiscal year under this section;
or
(ii) January 31 of
each year.
(C)
Limitation
(i)
In
general
An establishment shall be assessed only one fee per
fiscal year under this section, subject to clause (ii).
(ii)
Certain
manufacturers
If a single establishment manufactures both animal
drug products and prescription drug products, as defined in section 735(3),
such establishment shall be assessed both the animal drug establishment fee and
the prescription drug establishment fee, as set forth in section 736(a)(2),
within a single fiscal year.
(4)
Animal drug
sponsor fee
(A)
In
general
Each person—
(i) who meets the
definition of an animal drug sponsor within a fiscal year; and
(ii) who, after
September 1, 2003, had pending before the Secretary an animal drug application,
a supplemental animal drug application, or an investigational animal drug
submission,
shall
be assessed an annual sponsor fee as established under subsection (c).
(B)
Payment; fee due
date
The fee under this paragraph for a fiscal year shall be due
upon the later of—
(i) the first business
day after the date of enactment of an appropriations Act providing for the
collection and obligation of fees for such fiscal year under this section;
or
(ii) January 31 of
each year.
(C)
Limitation
Each
animal drug sponsor shall pay only one such fee each fiscal year.
(b)
Fee revenue
amounts
(1)
In
general
Subject to subsections (c), (d), (f), and (g)—
(A) for fiscal year
2014, the fees required under subsection (a) shall be established to generate a
total revenue amount of $23,600,000; and
(B) for each of fiscal
years 2015 through 2018, the fees required under subsection (a) shall be
established to generate a total revenue amount of $21,600,000.
(2)
Types of
fees
Of the total revenue amount determined for a fiscal year
under paragraph (1)—
(A) 20 percent shall
be derived from fees under subsection (a)(1) (relating to animal drug
applications and supplements);
(B) 27 percent shall
be derived from fees under subsection (a)(2) (relating to animal drug
products);
(C) 26 percent shall
be derived from fees under subsection (a)(3) (relating to animal drug
establishments); and
(D) 27 percent shall
be derived from fees under subsection (a)(4) (relating to animal drug
sponsors).
(c)
Annual fee
setting; adjustments
(1)
Annual fee
setting
The Secretary shall establish, 60 days before the start
of each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2003, for that fiscal year,
animal drug application fees, supplemental animal drug application fees, animal
drug sponsor fees, animal drug establishment fees, and animal drug product fees
based on the revenue amounts established under subsection (b) and the
adjustments provided under this subsection.
(2)
Inflation
adjustment
For fiscal year 2015 and subsequent fiscal years, the
revenue amounts established in subsection (b) shall be adjusted by the
Secretary by notice, published in the Federal Register, for a fiscal year, by
an amount equal to the sum of—
(A) one;
(B) the average annual
percent change in the cost, per full-time equivalent position of the Food and
Drug Administration, of all personnel compensation and benefits paid with
respect to such positions for the first 3 of the preceding 4 fiscal years for
which data are available, multiplied by the average proportion of personnel
compensation and benefits costs to total Food and Drug Administration costs for
the first 3 years of the preceding 4 fiscal years for which data are available;
and
(C) the average annual
percent change that occurred in the Consumer Price Index for urban consumers
(Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV; not seasonally adjusted; all items less
food and energy; annual index) for the first 3 years of the preceding 4 years
for which data are available multiplied by the average proportion of all costs
other than personnel compensation and benefits costs to total Food and Drug
Administration costs for the first 3 years of the preceding 4 fiscal years for
which data are available.
The
adjustment made each fiscal year under this paragraph shall be added on a
compounded basis to the sum of all adjustments made each fiscal year after
fiscal year 2014 under this paragraph.
(3)
Workload
adjustment
For fiscal year 2015 and subsequent fiscal years,
after the revenue amounts established in subsection (b) are adjusted for
inflation in accordance with paragraph (2), the revenue amounts shall be
further adjusted for such fiscal year to reflect changes in the workload of the
Secretary for the process for the review of animal drug applications. With
respect to such adjustment—
(A) such adjustment
shall be determined by the Secretary based on a weighted average of the change
in the total number of animal drug applications, supplemental animal drug
applications for which data with respect to safety or effectiveness are
required, manufacturing supplemental animal drug applications, investigational
animal drug study submissions, and investigational animal drug protocol
submissions submitted to the Secretary;
(B) the Secretary
shall publish in the Federal Register the fees resulting from such adjustment
and the supporting methodologies; and
(C) under no
circumstances shall such adjustment result in fee revenues for a fiscal year
that are less than the fee revenues for that fiscal year established in
subsection (b), as adjusted for inflation under paragraph (2).
(4)
Final year
adjustment
For fiscal year 2018, the Secretary may, in addition
to other adjustments under this subsection, further increase the fees under
this section, if such an adjustment is necessary to provide for up to 3 months
of operating reserves of carryover user fees for the process for the review of
animal drug applications for the first 3 months of fiscal year 2019. If the
Food and Drug Administration has carryover balances for the process for the
review of animal drug applications in excess of 3 months of such operating
reserves, then this adjustment will not be made. If this adjustment is
necessary, then the rationale for the amount of the increase shall be contained
in the annual notice setting fees for fiscal year 2018.
(5)
Limit
The
total amount of fees charged, as adjusted under this subsection, for a fiscal
year may not exceed the total costs for such fiscal year for the resources
allocated for the process for the review of animal drug applications.
(d)
Fee waiver or
reduction
(1)
In
general
The Secretary shall grant a waiver from or a reduction of
one or more fees assessed under subsection (a) where the Secretary finds
that—
(A) the assessment of
the fee would present a significant barrier to innovation because of limited
resources available to such person or other circumstances;
(B) the fees to be
paid by such person will exceed the anticipated present and future costs
incurred by the Secretary in conducting the process for the review of animal
drug applications for such person;
(C) the animal drug
application or supplemental animal drug application is intended solely to
provide for use of the animal drug in—
(i) a
Type B medicated feed (as defined in section 558.3(b)(3) of title 21, Code of
Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation)) intended for use in the
manufacture of Type C free-choice medicated feeds; or
(ii) a
Type C free-choice medicated feed (as defined in section 558.3(b)(4) of title
21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation));
(D) the animal drug
application or supplemental animal drug application is intended solely to
provide for a minor use or minor species indication; or
(E) the sponsor
involved is a small business submitting its first animal drug application to
the Secretary for review.
(2)
Use of standard
costs
In making the finding in paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary
may use standard costs.
(3)
Rules for small
businesses
(A)
Definition
In
paragraph (1)(E), the term small business means an entity that has
fewer than 500 employees, including employees of affiliates.
(B)
Waiver of
application fee
The Secretary shall waive under paragraph (1)(E)
the application fee for the first animal drug application that a small business
or its affiliate submits to the Secretary for review. After a small business or
its affiliate is granted such a waiver, the small business or its affiliate
shall pay application fees for all subsequent animal drug applications and
supplemental animal drug applications for which safety or effectiveness data
are required in the same manner as an entity that does not qualify as a small
business.
(C)
Certification
The
Secretary shall require any person who applies for a waiver under paragraph
(1)(E) to certify their qualification for the waiver. The Secretary shall
periodically publish in the Federal Register a list of persons making such
certifications.
(e)
Effect of
failure To pay fees
An animal drug application or supplemental
animal drug application submitted by a person subject to fees under subsection
(a) shall be considered incomplete and shall not be accepted for filing by the
Secretary until all fees owed by such person have been paid. An investigational
animal drug submission under section 739(5)(B) that is submitted by a person
subject to fees under subsection (a) shall be considered incomplete and shall
not be accepted for review by the Secretary until all fees owed by such person
have been paid. The Secretary may discontinue review of any animal drug
application, supplemental animal drug application, or investigational animal
drug submission from a person if such person has not submitted for payment all
fees owed under this section by 30 days after the date upon which they are
due.
(f)
Assessment of
fees
(1)
Limitation
Fees
may not be assessed under subsection (a) for a fiscal year beginning after
fiscal year 2003 unless appropriations for salaries and expenses of the Food
and Drug Administration for such fiscal year (excluding the amount of fees
appropriated for such fiscal year) are equal to or greater than the amount of
appropriations for the salaries and expenses of the Food and Drug
Administration for the fiscal year 2003 (excluding the amount of fees
appropriated for such fiscal year) multiplied by the adjustment factor
applicable to the fiscal year involved.
(2)
Authority
If
the Secretary does not assess fees under subsection (a) during any portion of a
fiscal year because of paragraph (1) and if at a later date in such fiscal year
the Secretary may assess such fees, the Secretary may assess and collect such
fees, without any modification in the rate, for animal drug applications,
supplemental animal drug applications, investigational animal drug submissions,
animal drug sponsors, animal drug establishments, and animal drug products at
any time in such fiscal year notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a)
relating to the date fees are to be paid.
(g)
Crediting and
availability of fees
(1)
In
general
Subject to paragraph (2)(C), fees authorized under
subsection (a) shall be collected and available for obligation only to the
extent and in the amount provided in advance in appropriations Acts. Such fees
are authorized to be appropriated to remain available until expended. Such sums
as may be necessary may be transferred from the Food and Drug Administration
salaries and expenses appropriation account without fiscal year limitation to
such appropriation account for salary and expenses with such fiscal year
limitation. The sums transferred shall be available solely for the process for
the review of animal drug applications.
(2)
Collections and
appropriation acts
(A)
In
general
The fees authorized by this section—
(i) subject to
subparagraph (C), shall be collected and available in each fiscal year in an
amount not to exceed the amount specified in appropriation Acts, or otherwise
made available for obligation for such fiscal year; and
(ii) shall be
available to defray increases in the costs of the resources allocated for the
process for the review of animal drug applications (including increases in such
costs for an additional number of full-time equivalent positions in the
Department of Health and Human Services to be engaged in such process) over
such costs, excluding costs paid from fees collected under this section, for
fiscal year 2003 multiplied by the adjustment factor.
(B)
Compliance
The
Secretary shall be considered to have met the requirements of subparagraph
(A)(ii) in any fiscal year if the costs funded by appropriations and allocated
for the process for the review of animal drug applications—
(i) are not more than
3 percent below the level specified in subparagraph (A)(ii); or
(ii)
(I) are more than 3 percent
below the level specified in subparagraph (A)(ii), and fees assessed for the
fiscal year following the subsequent fiscal year are decreased by the amount in
excess of 3 percent by which such costs fell below the level specified in
subparagraph (A)(ii); and
(II) such costs are not more than 5 percent
below the level specified in subparagraph (A)(ii).
(C)
Provision for
early payments
Payment of fees authorized under this section for
a fiscal year, prior to the due date for such fees, may be accepted by the
Secretary in accordance with authority provided in advance in a prior year
appropriations Act.
(3)
Authorization of
appropriations
For each of the fiscal years 2014 through 2018,
there is authorized to be appropriated for fees under this section an amount
equal to the total revenue amount determined under subsection (b) for the
fiscal year, as adjusted or otherwise affected under subsection (c) and
paragraph (4).
(4)
Offset of
overcollections; recovery of collection shortfalls
(A)
Offset of
overcollections
If the sum of the cumulative amount of fees
collected under this section for fiscal years 2014 through 2016 and the amount
of fees estimated to be collected under this section for fiscal year 2017
(including any increased fee collections attributable to subparagraph (B)),
exceeds the cumulative amount appropriated pursuant to paragraph (3) for the
fiscal years 2014 through 2017, the excess amount shall be credited to the
appropriation account of the Food and Drug Administration as provided in
paragraph (1), and shall be subtracted from the amount of fees that would
otherwise be authorized to be collected under this section pursuant to
appropriation Acts for fiscal year 2018.
(B)
Recovery of
collection shortfalls
(i)
Fiscal year
2016
For fiscal year 2016, the amount of fees otherwise
authorized to be collected under this section shall be increased by the amount,
if any, by which the amount collected under this section and appropriated for
fiscal year 2014 falls below the amount of fees authorized for fiscal year 2014
under paragraph (3).
(ii)
Fiscal year
2017
For fiscal year 2017, the amount of fees otherwise
authorized to be collected under this section shall be increased by the amount,
if any, by which the amount collected under this section and appropriated for
fiscal year 2015 falls below the amount of fees authorized for fiscal year 2015
under paragraph (3).
(iii)
Fiscal year
2018
For fiscal year 2018, the amount of fees otherwise
authorized to be collected under this section (including any reduction in the
authorized amount under subparagraph (A)), shall be increased by the cumulative
amount, if any, by which the amount collected under this section and
appropriated for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (including estimated collections
for fiscal year 2017) falls below the cumulative amount of fees authorized
under paragraph (3) for fiscal years 2016 and 2017.
(h)
Collection of
unpaid fees
In any case where the Secretary does not receive
payment of a fee assessed under subsection (a) within 30 days after it is due,
such fee shall be treated as a claim of the United States Government subject to
subchapter II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code.
(i)
Written requests
for waivers, reductions, and refunds
To qualify for consideration
for a waiver or reduction under subsection (d), or for a refund of any fee
collected in accordance with subsection (a), a person shall submit to the
Secretary a written request for such waiver, reduction, or refund not later
than 180 days after such fee is due.
(j)
Construction
This
section may not be construed to require that the number of full-time equivalent
positions in the Department of Health and Human Services, for officers,
employees, and advisory committees not engaged in the process of the review of
animal drug applications, be reduced to offset the number of officers,
employees, and advisory committees so engaged.
(k)
Abbreviated new
animal drug applications
The Secretary shall—
(1) to the extent
practicable, segregate the review of abbreviated new animal drug applications
from the process for the review of animal drug applications; and
(2) adopt other
administrative procedures to ensure that review times of abbreviated new animal
drug applications do not increase from their current level due to activities
under the user fee
program.
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4.
Reauthorization;
reporting requirements
Section
740A of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j–13) is amended
to read as follows:
740A.
Reauthorization;
reporting requirements
(a)
Performance
report
Beginning with fiscal
year 2014, not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year during
which fees are collected under this part, the Secretary shall prepare and
submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a
report concerning the progress of the Food and Drug Administration in achieving
the goals identified in the letters described in section 1(b) of the Animal
Drug User Fee Amendments of 2013 toward expediting the animal drug development
process and the review of the new and supplemental animal drug applications and
investigational animal drug submissions during such fiscal year, the future
plans of the Food and Drug Administration for meeting the goals, the review
times for abbreviated new animal drug applications, and the administrative
procedures adopted by the Food and Drug Administration to ensure that review
times for abbreviated new animal drug applications are not increased from their
current level due to activities under the user fee program.
(b)
Fiscal
report
Beginning with fiscal
year 2014, not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year during
which fees are collected under this part, the Secretary shall prepare and
submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a
report on the implementation of the authority for such fees during such fiscal
year and the use, by the Food and Drug Administration, of the fees collected
during such fiscal year for which the report is made.
(c)
Public
availability
The Secretary shall make the reports required under
subsections (a) and (b) available to the public on the Internet Web site of the
Food and Drug Administration.
(d)
Reauthorization
(1)
Consultation
In
developing recommendations to present to the Congress with respect to the
goals, and plans for meeting the goals, for the process for the review of
animal drug applications for the first 5 fiscal years after fiscal year 2018,
and for the reauthorization of this part for such fiscal years, the Secretary
shall consult with—
(A) the Committee on
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives;
(B) the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate;
(C) scientific and
academic experts;
(D) veterinary
professionals;
(E) representatives of
patient and consumer advocacy groups; and
(F) the regulated
industry.
(2)
Prior public
input
Prior to beginning negotiations with the regulated industry
on the reauthorization of this part, the Secretary shall—
(A) publish a notice
in the Federal Register requesting public input on the reauthorization;
(B) hold a public
meeting at which the public may present its views on the reauthorization,
including specific suggestions for changes to the goals referred to in
subsection (a);
(C) provide a period
of 30 days after the public meeting to obtain written comments from the public
suggesting changes to this part; and
(D) publish the
comments on the Food and Drug Administration’s Internet Web site.
(3)
Periodic
consultation
Not less frequently than once every 4 months during
negotiations with the regulated industry, the Secretary shall hold discussions
with representatives of veterinary, patient, and consumer advocacy groups to
continue discussions of their views on the reauthorization and their
suggestions for changes to this part as expressed under paragraph (2).
(4)
Public review of
recommendations
After negotiations with the regulated industry,
the Secretary shall—
(A) present the
recommendations developed under paragraph (1) to the congressional committees
specified in such paragraph;
(B) publish such
recommendations in the Federal Register;
(C) provide for a
period of 30 days for the public to provide written comments on such
recommendations;
(D) hold a meeting at
which the public may present its views on such recommendations; and
(E) after
consideration of such public views and comments, revise such recommendations as
necessary.
(5)
Transmittal of
recommendations
Not later than January 15, 2018, the Secretary
shall transmit to Congress the revised recommendations under paragraph (4), a
summary of the views and comments received under such paragraph, and any
changes made to the recommendations in response to such views and
comments.
(6)
Minutes of
negotiation meetings
(A)
Public
availability
Before presenting the recommendations developed
under paragraphs (1) through (5) to Congress, the Secretary shall make publicly
available, on the Internet Web site of the Food and Drug Administration,
minutes of all negotiation meetings conducted under this subsection between the
Food and Drug Administration and the regulated industry.
(B)
Content
The
minutes described under subparagraph (A) shall summarize any substantive
proposal made by any party to the negotiations as well as significant
controversies or differences of opinion during the negotiations and their
resolution.
.
5.
Savings
clause
Notwithstanding the
amendments made by this Act, part 4 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j–11 et seq.), as in effect
on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall continue to be
in effect with respect to animal drug applications and supplemental animal drug
applications (as defined in such part as of such day) that on or after October
1, 2008, but before October 1, 2013, were accepted by the Food and Drug
Administration for filing with respect to assessing and collecting any fee
required by such part for a fiscal year prior to fiscal year 2014.
6.
Effective
date
The amendments made by
this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2013, or the date of enactment of this
Act, whichever is later, except that fees under part 4 of subchapter C of
chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by this
Act, shall be assessed for all animal drug applications and supplemental animal
drug applications received on or after October 1, 2013, regardless of the date
of the enactment of this Act.
7.
Sunset
dates
(a)
Authorization
Section
740 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j–12) shall cease
to be effective October 1, 2018.
(b)
Reporting
requirements
Section 740A of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (21 U.S.C. 379j–13) shall cease to be effective January 31, 2019.
(c)
Previous sunset
provision
(1)
In
general
Section 108 of the Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of
2008 (Public Law 110–316) is repealed.
(2)
Conforming
amendment
The Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2008 (Public Law
110–316) is amended in the table of contents in section 1, by striking the item
relating to section 108.
(d)
Technical
clarification
Effective November 18, 2003, section 5 of the
Animal Drug User Fee Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–130) is repealed.