Public Law 116-304 · H.R. 5663 · Became law

Safeguarding Therapeutics Act

Official title: “To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to give authority to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to destroy counterfeit devices.”

House: without objection · Senate: without objection
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