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114th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2512
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 21, 2016
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
AN ACT
To expand the tropical disease product priority review voucher program to encourage treatments for Zika virus.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Adding Zika Virus to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act.
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Expanding tropical disease product priority review voucher program to encourage treatments for Zika Virus Disease
Section 524(a)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360n(a)(3)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (R) as subparagraph (S);
(2) in subparagraph (Q), by striking Filoviruses and inserting Filovirus Diseases; and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (Q) the following:
(R) Zika Virus Disease.
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Passed the Senate March 17, 2016.Julie E. Adams,Secretary