,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adfc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #bi1    
#bjba,mr4 ,cassidy 7for himself and ,ms4
 ,smith7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,health1 ,education1     
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and    
,cosmetic ,act to modernize therapeutic 
equivalence rating determinations4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,modernizing ,therapeutic           
,equivalence ,rating ,determination     
,act4  #b4 ,therapeutic equivalence     
determinations ,section                 
#eje7;j77#g77;,a7 of the ,federal ,food1
 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba         
,u4,s4,c4 #cee7;j77#g77;,a77 is amended 
by adding at the end the following3  7v7
 7,i7 ,the ,secretary shall make a      
determination under clause 7i77,,iii7-- 
7aa7 with respect to an application     
submitted under this subsection1 at the 
time of approval of such application or 

not later than #cj days after the date  
of such approval2 or  7bb7 with respect 
to an application submitted under       
subsection 7b77#b71 at the time of      
approval of such application or not     
later than #cj days after the date of   
such approval1 provided that the sponsor
 requests such a determination in the   
original application1 in a form         
prescribed by the ,secretary4  7,,ii7   
,when the ,secretary makes a            
determination under clause 7i77,,iii71  
the ,secretary shall1 in revisions made 
to the list pursuant to clause 7ii71    
include such information for such drug4 
7,,iii7 ,when the ,secretary makes a    
determination under clause 7i77,,iii7   
with respect to a drug1 the ,secretary  
shall1 at the same time1 make such a    
determination with respect to any other 
drug-- 7aa7 whose application under     
subsection 7b77#b7 was approved2  7bb7  
which references the same listed drug as
 the application for the first drug for 
which such determination is made2 and   

7cc7 for which there is a citizen       
petition pending requesting that the    
,secretary make a determination under   
clause 7i77,,iii74  4