[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 145 (Tuesday, December 2, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S6271]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      ADDING EBOLA TO THE FDA PRIORITY REVIEW VOUCHER PROGRAM ACT

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the 
consideration of Calendar No. 602, S. 2917.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2917) to expand the program of priority review 
     to encourage treatments for tropical diseases.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time, 
passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon 
the table, with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 2917) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 2917

       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 ``Adding Ebola to the FDA 
     Priority Review Voucher Program Act''.

     SEC. 2. PRIORITY REVIEW TO ENCOURAGE TREATMENTS FOR TROPICAL 
                   DISEASES.

       Section 524 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
     U.S.C. 360n) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(3)--
       (A) by redesignating subparagraph (Q) as subparagraph (R);
       (B) by inserting after subparagraph (P) the following:
       ``(Q) Filoviruses.''; and
       (C) in subparagraph (R), as so redesignated, by striking 
     ``regulation by'' and inserting ``order of''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (2), by adding ``There is no limit on the 
     number of times a priority review voucher may be transferred 
     before such voucher is used.'' after the period at the end; 
     and
       (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``365 days'' and 
     inserting ``90 days''.

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