[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3432]
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SA 362. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. King) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1790, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle B of title VII, add the following:
SEC. ___. REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN PRESCRIPTION DRUG LABELS
UNDER THE TRICARE PROGRAM.
(a) Requirement.--Section 1074g of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as subsections
(i) and (j), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new
subsection (h):
``(h) Labeling.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that
drugs made available through the facilities of the uniformed
services include labels that--
``(1) are printed and physically located on or within the
package from which the drug is to be dispensed; and
``(2) provide adequate directions for the purposes for
which the drug is intended.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (b)(1) of such
section is amended by striking ``under subsection (h)'' and
inserting ``under subsection (j)''.
(c) Implementation.--Beginning not later than 90 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense shall implement subsection (h) of section 1074g of
title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).
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