[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4858 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4858

  To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the 
   shipment of prescription drugs between the States and the Virgin 
                                Islands.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 19, 2007

 Mrs. Christensen introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the 
   shipment of prescription drugs between the States and the Virgin 
                                Islands.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHIPMENT OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS BETWEEN STATES AND VIRGIN 
              ISLANDS.

    Section 801(d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 381(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(2) The Secretary'' and 
        inserting ``(2)(A) The Secretary''; and
            (2) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) the following:
    ``(B) If a drug was shipped from a State directly to the United 
States Virgin Islands, paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to the 
shipment of such drug from the United States Virgin Islands to a 
State.''.
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