“Sections 744L and 744M of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j-71; 379j-72) shall cease to be effective October 1, 2030.”
The fee program is written to end rather than to run on, which is why Congress renews it in a bill of this kind every few years.
What the document actually says
“Sections 744L and 744M of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j-71; 379j-72) shall cease to be effective October 1, 2030.”
That sentence, in plain words
The two parts that set up these fees stop working on October 1, 2030.
What this is about
The fee rules are set to die on their own. If Congress wants them to go on, it has to act again.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, Public Law 119-37, sec. 6509, 139 Stat. 648 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ37/html/PLAW-119publ37.htm
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“The fee sections cease to be effective on October 1, 2030,” Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, section 6509, Sec. 6509. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/continuing-appropriations-agriculture-legislative/proposal/sec6509-fee-authority-ends-october-1-2030/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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