Creating Efficiency in Foreign Facility Inspections Act
Summary
Creating Efficiency in Foreign Facility Inspections Act This bill prohibits, with some exceptions, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from providing notification in advance of a planned inspection of an establishment located outside of the United States that is engaged in drug manufacturing, processing, packing, or holding. Specifically, the FDA may not provide such an establishment advance notification of a planned inspection unless (1) advance notification is required by the laws of the country where the establishment is located; (2) providing advance notification is needed to protect the public health; or (3) the inspection in question is a preapproval, prelicensure, or for-cause inspection. If the FDA must provide advance notification, it must minimize the time between the notification and the inspection. If an establishment is located in a country that, on or after the date this bill is enacted, enacts a law requiring advance notification of inspections, the drug manufacturer must agree to waive the right to enforce the requirement, to the extent expressly permitted by the law.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
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Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jan 13, 2022
Last action Jan 13, 2022
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Jan 13, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
upper
Jan 13, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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Party
State
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Mike Braun
RRepublican
Co
Joni Ernst
RRepublican
Co
Josh Hawley
RRepublican
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