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[H.R. 4439 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 451
116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4439

                          [Report No. 116-551]

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make permanent the 
   authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue 
  priority review vouchers to encourage treatments for rare pediatric 
                               diseases.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2019

  Mr. Butterfield (for himself, Mr. McCaul, Ms. Speier, Mr. Kelly of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Engel, Mr. Bilirakis, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. 
Hudson, Mr. Rush, and Mr. Mullin) introduced the following bill; which 
          was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

                           September 29, 2020

  Additional sponsors: Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. DeGette, Mrs. Rodgers of 
  Washington, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. 
Rodney Davis of Illinois, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Blunt Rochester, 
Ms. Barragan, Mr. Soto, Mr. Cardenas, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. 
Griffith, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Woodall, 
Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Malinowski, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Ms. 
Lofgren, Mr. King of Iowa, Ms. Porter, Mr. Marchant, Mr. McEachin, Mr. 
 DeSaulnier, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Fortenberry, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Sherrill, 
                    and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina

                           September 29, 2020

Reported with amendments; committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced September 
                               20, 2019]


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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make permanent the 
   authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue 
  priority review vouchers to encourage treatments for rare pediatric 
                               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 ``Creating Hope Reauthorization Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ISSUE PRIORITY REVIEW VOUCHERS TO 
              ENCOURAGE TREATMENTS FOR RARE PEDIATRIC DISEASES.

    Section 529(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 360ff(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``September 30, 2020'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``September 30, 2024''; and
            (2) by striking ``September 30, 2022'' and inserting 
        ``September 30, 2026''.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to amend the 
        Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to extend the authority of 
        the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue priority 
        review vouchers to encourage treatments for rare pediatric 
        diseases.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 451

116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4439

                          [Report No. 116-551]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make permanent the 
   authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue 
  priority review vouchers to encourage treatments for rare pediatric 
                               diseases.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 29, 2020

Reported with amendments; committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed