Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Part C · Chapter 13 — Drug Abuse Prevention and Control
§ 826a. Attorney General report on drug shortages
Statutory text
Not later than 6 months after , and annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report on drug shortages that—
identifies the number of requests received under section 826(h) of this title (as added by section 1005 of this Act), the average review time for such requests, the number of requests granted and denied under such section, and, for each of the requests denied under such section, the basis for such denial;
describes the coordination between the Drug Enforcement Administration and Food and Drug Administration on efforts to prevent or alleviate drug shortages; and
identifies drugs containing a controlled substance subject to section 826 of this title when such a drug is determined by the Secretary to be in shortage.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act
Pub. L. 112–144 title X § 1006 · 126 Stat. 993
Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 826a
(Pub. L. 112–144, title X, § 1006, July 9, 2012, 126 Stat. 1105.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 112–144, title X, § 1006, July 9, 2012, 126 Stat. 1105.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 1006. ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORT ON DRUG SHORTAGES. Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report on drug shortages that— (1) identifies the number of requests received under section 306(h) of the Controlled Substances Act (as added by section 1005 of this Act), the average review time for such requests, the number of requests granted and denied under such section, and, for each of the requests denied under such section, the basis for such denial; (2) describes the coordination between the Drug Enforcement Administration and Food and Drug Administration on efforts to prevent or alleviate drug shortages; and (3) identifies drugs containing a controlled substance subject to section 306 of the Controlled Substances Act when such a drug is determined by the Secretary to be in shortage.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 1005 of this Act, referred to in par. (1), means section 1005 of Pub. L. 112–144, which amended section 826 of this title.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, and not as part of the Controlled Substances Act which comprises this subchapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Definition of “Secretary”
The term “Secretary” as meaning the Secretary of Health and Human Services, see section 1001(b) of Pub. L. 112–144, set out as an Effect of Notification note under section 356c of this title.