[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5140 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5140

  To repeal certain regulations relating to veterinary feed directive 
 drugs and medically important antimicrobial new animal drugs, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2016

Mr. Smith of Missouri (for himself, Mr. Mullin, Mrs. Hartzler, and Mr. 
    Long) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To repeal certain regulations relating to veterinary feed directive 
 drugs and medically important antimicrobial new animal drugs, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``VFD Repeal Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF FINAL RULE AMENDING ANIMAL DRUG REGULATIONS REGARDING 
              VETERINARY FEED DIRECTIVE DRUGS.

    (a) Repeal.--
            (1) In general.--The final rule entitled ``Veterinary Feed 
        Directive'' published in the Federal Register on June 3, 2015 
        (80 Fed. Reg. 31708), and the amendments to the Code of Federal 
        Regulations made by such rule are hereby repealed.
            (2) Effective date.--The repeal made by subsection (a) 
        shall take effect as if enacted on the date of promulgation of 
        such final rule.
    (b) No Issuance of Identical or Substantially Similar Rule.--The 
Food and Drug Administration shall not issue any rule that is the same 
as or substantially similar to the rule described in subsection (a)(1).
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