In Brief: FDA 1996 budget optimism
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA 1996 budget optimism: FDA device center has been instructed to include in its budget request for fiscal year 1996 (beginning Oct. 1) approximately $24 mil. in dedicated device user fees, according to agency staffers. The request would anticipate passage of device user fee legislation this year. However, the likelihood of device user fee passage is in doubt in this year's Republican-controlled Congress. The administration's FY 1995 budget request had included a similar amount in dedicated device user fees ("The Gray Sheet" Feb. 14, 1994, p. 1), but legislation to authorize collection of the fees died in the face of GOP opposition at the end of the 103rd Congress. The administration's FY 1996 budget is due to be submitted to Congress on Feb. 6...