An Act to amend section 701(e) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act so as to simplify the procedures governing the prescribing of regulations under certain provisions of such act, and for other purposes.
PL 84-905 (H.R.9547), enacted 08/01/1956

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Public Law 905 
CHAPTER 861 
AN ACT 
To amend sections 401 and 701 (e) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
so as to simplify the procedures governing the prescribing of regulations under 
certain provisions of such Act, and for other purposes. 
August 1, 1956 
[H. R. 9547] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 401 of 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 IJ. S. C , sec. 341) is 
amended by striking out " ( a ) " where it appears after "SEC. 401.'', 
and subsection (b) of such section is repealed. 
SEC. 2. Section 701 (e) of such Act (21 U. S. C, sec. 371 (e)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(e) (1) Any action for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of any 
regulation under section 401, 403 (j),404 (a), 406 (a) or (b),501 (b), 
502 (d) or (h), 504, or 604, of this Act shall be begun by a proposal 
made (A) by the Secretary on his own initiative, or (B) by petition 
of any interested person, showing reasonable grounds therefor, filed 
with the Secretary. 
The Secretary shall publish such proposal and 
shall afford all interested persons an opportunity to present their 
view^s thereon, orally or in writing. 
As soon as practicable thereafter, 
the Secretary shall by order act upon such proposal and shall make 
such order public. 
Except as provided in paragraph (2), the order 
shall become effective at such time as may be specified therein, but not 
prior to the day following the last day on which objections may be 
filed under such paragraph. 
" (2) On or before the thirtieth day after the date on which an order 
entered under paragraph (1) is made public, any person who will be 
adversely affected by such order if placed in effect may file objections 
thereto with the Secretary, specifying with particularity the provi-
sions of the order deemed objectionable, stating the grounds therefor, 
and requesting a public hearing upon such objections. 
Until final ac-
tion upon such objections is taken by the Secretary under paragraph 
(3), the filing of such objections shall operate to stay the effectiveness 
of those provisions of the order to which the objections are made. 
As 
soon as practicable after the time for filing objections has expired the 
Secretary shall publish a notice in the Federal Register specifying 
those parts of the order which have been stayed by the filing of 
objections and, if no objections have been filed, stating that fact. 
"(3) As soon as practicable after such request for a public hearing, 
the Secretary, after due notice, shall hold such a public hearing for 
the purpose of receiving evidence relevant and material to the issues 
raised by such objections. 
At the hearing, any interested person may 
be heard in person or by representative. 
As soon as practicable after 
completion of the hearing, the Secretary shall by order act upon such 
objections and make such order public. 
Such order shall be based 
only on substantial evidence of record at such hearing and shall set 
forth, as part of the order, detailed findings of fact on which the order 
is based. 
The Secretary shall specify in the order the date on which 
it shall take effect, except that it shall not be made to take effect prior 
to the ninetieth day after its publication unless the Secretary finds 
that emergency conditions exist necessitating an earlier effective date, 
in which event the Secretary shall specify in the order his findings as 
to such conditions." 
SEC. 3. In any case in which, prior to the enactment of this Act, a 
public hearing has been begun in accordance with section 401 of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act upon a proposal to issue, 
amend, or repeal any regulation contemplated by such section, or has 
F e d e r a l Food, 
Drug, and C o s -
metic Act, amend-
ments. 
52 Stat. 1046. 
Reg^ationsa 
21 u s e 343, 344, 
346,351,352, 3:54, 
364. 
Hearings. 
Notice in Federal 
Register. 
Issuance of ord<ar 
by Secretary. 
Prior hearings. 
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been begun in accordance with section 701 (e) of such Act upon a pro-
posal to issue, amend, or repeal any regulation contemplated by sec-
tion 403 (j), 404 (a), 406 (a) or (b). 501 (b), 502 (d), 502 (h), 504, 
or 604 of such Act, the provisions oi such section 401 or 701 (e), as 
the case may be, as in force immediately prior to the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, shall be applicable as uiough this Act had not been 
enacted. 
Approved August 1, 1956. 
August 1, 1956 
[H. R. 9265] 
Public Law 906 
CHAPTER 862 
AN ACT 
To amend the Hawaiian Organic Act, as amended, relating to the audit of 
government (Territorial and county) accounts. 
Hawaii. 
A u d i t o f < 
counts. 
31 Stat. 156. 
Be it erMcted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assernbled^ That section 77 of 
the Hawaiian Organic Act (48 U. S. C. 542) is amended to read as 
follows: 
"SEC. 77. COMPTROLLER AND DEPUTY COMPTROLLER. There shall be a 
comptroller and deputy comptroller, who shall have the powers and 
duties conferred upon and required by the auditor-general and deputy 
auditor-general, respectively, by Act thirty-nine of the session laws 
as amended by this Act, subject to modification by the legislature. 
In said Act 'officer' shall be substituted for 'minister where used with-
out other designation." 
SEC. 2. A new section is added, to read as follows: 
"SEC. 77A. POST-AUDITOR. There shall be a post-auditor who shall 
be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of 
the Senate, who shall serve for a term of eight years and until a suc-
cessor shall have been duly appointed. He shall have such powers and 
duties relating to the post-audit of Territorial and county accounts 
and appropriations as may be prescribed by law. The legislature, by 
a two-thirds vote of the members in joint session, may remove the post-
auditor at any time for cause." 
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon the enactment by the legis-
lature of the Territory of Hawaii of Liegislation prescribing the duties 
of post-auditor and redefining the duties of the comptroller. 
Approved August 1, 1956. 
August 1, 1956 
[H. R. 12170] 
Public Law 907 
CHAPTER 863 
AN ACT 
To remove the present $1,000 limitation which prevents the Secretary of the 
Navy from settling certain claims arising out of the crash of a naval aircraft 
at the Wold-Chamberlain Air Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 
Wold-Chamber-
lain Air Field, Min-
neapolis, Minn. 
Claims. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America m Congress assembled, That the $1,000 
limitation contained in the first section of the Act of July 3,1943, as 
amended (31 U. S. C. 223b), shall not apply with respect to claims 
arising out of the crash of a United States Air Force airplane near 
Wold-Chamberlain Air Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota, on June 5, 
1956, and the crash of a United States Navy airplane near Wold-
Chamberlain Air Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota, on June 9, 1956. 
SEC. 2. With respect to claims filed as a result of the airplane crashes 
described in the first section of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force 
and the Secretary of the Navy shall, within thirty months after the