[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 19, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S4603]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1254. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1092 proposed by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. Collins) 
to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military construction, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title VII of division B, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. __. (a) In addition to the annual amount of user fees 
     authorized to be assessed and collected under section 919(c) 
     of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
     387s(c)) and made available for purposes of carrying out the 
     Food and Drug Administration's tobacco regulation activities 
     under chapter IX of such Act (21 U.S.C. 387 et seq.), 
     notwithstanding section 919(c)(2)(B) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 
     387s(c)(2)(B)), of the amounts made available to the Food and 
     Drug Administration under this Act, not less than $8,000,000 
     shall be used by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs for such 
     tobacco regulation activities, including to enhance 
     regulatory reviews of, and enforcement actions with respect 
     to, electronic nicotine delivery systems.
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
     amount rescinded pursuant to section 745 shall be 
     $315,526,000.
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