[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 51 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S2061]
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SA 984. Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Bennet) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con.
Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A LIMITED POPULATION APPROVAL
FOR ANTIBACTERIAL DRUGS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to the treatment of serious or life-threatening
infections for which there is an unmet medical need, and
which may include the establishment by the Food and Drug
Administration of a limited population approval pathway to
bring to market new antibacterial drugs, by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided
that such legislation would not increase the deficit over
either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through
2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through
2025.
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