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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Section 6601 › Proposal

A report is due in six years and a study and report in eight and ten

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 6601, Sec. 6601. Written by .

A report is due in six years and a study and report in eight and ten

The document says “shallWho acts: Secretary of Health and Human Services, Comptroller General of the United StatesHow: statuteSec. 6601 in the PDF
What the document says

“Not later than 6 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on the Secretary's efforts, in coordination with industry, to ensure implementation of the amendments made by subsection (a).”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 6601

Subsection (d) of section 6601 requires the Secretary to report to two committees within six years of enactment on efforts to ensure the amendments are put into practice. The Comptroller General must study, within eight years, how effective the required assessments and investigations have been in developing drugs for pediatric cancer, including benefits and burdens, and report the findings to the same committees within ten years.

What the document actually says

“Not later than 6 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on the Secretary's efforts, in coordination with industry, to ensure implementation of the amendments made by subsection (a).”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 6601
That sentence, in plain words

Within six years the health chief must send a report to two groups in Congress. It covers work done to put these changes in place.

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A watchdog office must also study whether the rules worked. That study comes in eight years. Its findings go to Congress two years later.

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