[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2917 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.2917
One Hundred Thirteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen
An Act
To expand the program of priority review to encourage treatments for
tropical diseases.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Adding Ebola to the FDA Priority
Review Voucher Program Act''.
SEC. 2. PRIORITY REVIEW TO ENCOURAGE TREATMENTS FOR TROPICAL DISEASES.
Section 524 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
360n) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(3)--
(A) by redesignating subparagraph (Q) as subparagraph (R);
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (P) the following:
``(Q) Filoviruses.''; and
(C) in subparagraph (R), as so redesignated, by striking
``regulation by'' and inserting ``order of''; and
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (2), by adding ``There is no limit on the
number of times a priority review voucher may be transferred
before such voucher is used.'' after the period at the end; and
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``365 days'' and
inserting ``90 days''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.