FDA Funding Might Be Stuck At ’06 Levels Through Fall Under Dems’ Plan
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The incoming Democratic chairs of the House and Senate appropriations committees announced plans last week to scrap the stalled Republican fiscal 2007 spending bills in favor of a year-long continuing resolution that would effectively freeze FDA's budget at fiscal 2006 levels through September
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FDA's device center and device-related field programs receive $253.7 million as part of a fiscal year 2007 funding measure passed by the House of Representatives Jan. 31. The House voted 286-140 in favor of the $463.5 billion package as a stand-in for nine fiscal 2007 appropriations bills that the previous Congress failed to pass. The CDRH funding represents a 3.2% increase from 2006 and includes $43.7 million in user fees. FDA as a whole is slated to receive $1.96 billion, including all estimated user fees. The Senate is expected to take up the bill by Feb. 15, when the current continuing resolution expires (1"The Gray Sheet" Dec. 18, 2006, p. 10)...
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