[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4492 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4492

   To provide the Food and Drug Administration with mandatory recall 
                    authority for all drug products.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 6, 2020

  Mr. Peters 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 provide the Food and Drug Administration with mandatory recall 
                    authority for all drug products.

    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 ``Safe Drugs Act''.

SEC. 2. PROVIDING FDA WITH MANDATORY RECALL AUTHORITY.

    Section 569D of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
360bbb-8d) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``controlled substances'' 
        and inserting ``drugs'';
            (2) by striking ``controlled substance'' each place such 
        term appears and inserting ``drug''; and
            (3) in subsection (b), by striking ``controlled 
        substances'' and inserting ``drugs''.
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