Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997
Official title: “To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the regulation of food, drugs, devices, and biological products, and for other purposes.”
Earlier names of the bill: “Food and Drug Administration Regulatory Modernizaton Act of 1997”, “Food and Drug Administration Modernization and Accountability Act of 1997”.
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The House passed it by voice vote on November 9, 1997. A voice vote records no individual votes.
The Senate passed it by voice vote on November 9, 1997. A voice vote records no individual votes.
It became law on November 21, 1997.
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