Safe Drugs Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 4492 To provide the Food and Drug Administration with mandatory recall authority for all drug products. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AUGUST 6, 2020 Mr. PETERS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To provide the Food and Drug Administration with mandatory recall authority for all drug products. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Drugs Act’’. 4 SEC. 2. PROVIDING FDA WITH MANDATORY RECALL AU- 5 THORITY. 6 Section 569D of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos- 7 metic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb–8d) is amended— 8 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CONTROLLED 9 SUBSTANCES’’ and inserting ‘‘DRUGS’’; 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:14 Aug 26, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4492.IS S4492 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 4492 IS (2) by striking ‘‘controlled substance’’ each 1 place such term appears and inserting ‘‘drug’’; and 2 (3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘controlled 3 substances’’ and inserting ‘‘drugs’’. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:14 Aug 26, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S4492.IS S4492 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS