VFD Repeal Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5140
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2016-04-29
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Animal and plant health

Department of Health and Human Services

Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Livestock

Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Latest action: action_date: 2016-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-04-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>VFD Repeal Act of 2016</b></p> This bill repeals the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) final rule regarding the Veterinary Feed Directive published on June 3, 2015, and prohibits the FDA from issuing any similar rule. (Veterinary Feed Directive regulations prohibit the use of medically important antibiotics for animal production purposes. Under these regulations, an animal producer may only use such antibiotics with the authorization of a veterinarian for the prevention, control, or treatment of a specifically identified disease. The rule repealed by this bill revised those regulations, including to require a valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship for a veterinarian to authorize the use of antibiotics.)

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5140 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 29, 2016 Mr. Smith of Missouri (for himself, Mr. Mullin , Mrs. Hartzler , and Mr. Long ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To repeal certain regulations relating to veterinary feed directive drugs and medically important antimicrobial new animal drugs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the VFD Repeal Act of 2016 . 2. Repeal of final rule amending animal drug regulations regarding veterinary feed directive drugs (a) Repeal (1) In general The final rule entitled Veterinary Feed Directive published in the Federal Register on June 3, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 31708), and the amendments to the Code of Federal Regulations made by such rule are hereby repealed. (2) Effective date The repeal made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on the date of promulgation of such final rule. (b) No issuance of identical or substantially similar rule The Food and Drug Administration shall not issue any rule that is the same as or substantially similar to the rule described in subsection (a)(1).