This part is a finding by Congress. It says the fees in this title will be spent on work for drugs sold without a prescription. It sets no rule of its own.
“Congress finds that the fees authorized by the amendments made in this title will be dedicated to over-the-counter (OTC) monograph drug activities, as set forth in the goals identified for purposes of part 10 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j-71 et seq.)”
The finding ties the fees to a set of performance goals agreed between the agency and industry, set out in letters from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the chairmen of the Senate health committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
What the document actually says
“Congress finds that the fees authorized by the amendments made in this title will be dedicated to over-the-counter (OTC) monograph drug activities, as set forth in the goals identified for purposes of part 10 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j-71 et seq.)”
That sentence, in plain words
Congress says the fees will pay for work on drugs sold without a prescription.
What this is about
The goals for that work are written in letters, not in the law. The letters were printed in the record of Congress.
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. 6502, 139 Stat. 637 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ37/html/PLAW-119publ37.htm
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“Finding,” Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, section 6502. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/continuing-appropriations-agriculture-legislative/section-6502/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out
The one thing the section does: state the finding, and point to the letters where the goals for the fees are set out.
The letters themselves, which are printed in the Congressional Record and are not indexed here.
The finding refers to goals set out in letters from the Secretary to two committee chairmen. A reader who wants those goals has to go to the Congressional Record for them.
