[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Pages 7592-7593]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            S. CON. RES. 21


                           Amendment No. 589

  Mr. KYL. The fiscal year 2006 and fiscal year 2007 budget resolutions 
included an importation reserve fund for drugs imported from countries 
``with strong safety laws.'' Yet the Dorgan-Snowe amendment omits that 
language. Does the Senator from New Hampshire agree that under the 
Dorgan-Snowe amendment, the term ``safe importation'' means from 
countries ``with strong safety laws''?
  Mr. GREGG. Yes. The term ``safe importation'' means importation only 
from countries with strong safety laws. The additional language ``with 
strong safety laws,'' which was included in last year's budget, was 
redundant, but the absence of those words does not alter the meaning, 
in my opinion. ``Safe importation'' refers to the importation of 
prescription drugs from countries that require the review of

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drugs for safety and effectiveness by an entity of the government of 
the country; that require the methods used in and the facilities and 
controls used for the manufacture, processing, and packing of drugs in 
the country to be adequate to preserve their identity, quality, purity, 
strength, and efficacy; that require the labeling and promotion of 
drugs to be in accordance with the approval of the drug and whose valid 
marketing authorization system is equivalent to the systems in the 
United States.

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