Agriculture appropriations
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
No funds may be used to "develop or establish" user-fee programs, according to Agriculture appropriations conference report language passed by the House Nov. 14 and the Senate Nov. 15. The measure authorizes $179.5 mil. for the FDA device center, up 8.7% from fiscal year 2001. It also provides a $15 mil. increase for bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention and enforcement, a $10 mil. increase for adverse event monitoring and reporting, a $10 mil. increase for human subject protection and a $10.3 mil. increase for inspections and import monitoring...