[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4400 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4400

To expand the tropical disease product priority review voucher program 
                to encourage treatments for Zika virus.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2016

Mr. Butterfield (for himself and Mrs. Brooks of Indiana) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To expand the tropical disease product priority review voucher program 
                to encourage treatments for Zika virus.

    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 Zika Virus to the FDA 
Priority Review Voucher Program Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDING TROPICAL DISEASE PRODUCT PRIORITY REVIEW VOUCHER 
              PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE TREATMENTS FOR ZIKA VIRUS.

    Section 524(a)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 360n) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraph (R) as subparagraph (S); 
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (Q) the following:
                    ``(R) Zika virus.''.
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