[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5046 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5046

 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to publish a final rule relating to 
                      nonclinical testing methods.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 12, 2024

 Mr. Booker (for himself, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Paul, Mr. King, Mr. Braun, 
Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Lujan, and Mr. Blumenthal) 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 require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to publish a final rule relating to 
                      nonclinical testing methods.

    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 ``FDA Modernization Act 3.0''.

SEC. 2. REGULATIONS ON NONCLINICAL TESTING METHODS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall publish a 
final rule to implement section 505(z) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(z)).
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355) is amended by designating the second 
subsection (z) (relating to clinical trial diversity action plans), as 
added by section 3601(a) of the Health Extenders, Improving Access to 
Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP, and Strengthening Public Health Act of 
2022 (division FF of Public Law 117-328), as subsection (aa).
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