[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4010 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4010

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 2020

Mr. Casey (for himself and Ms. Collins) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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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. PROVIDING FOR PERMANENT 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 by striking paragraph (5).
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