“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.
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“Section 744N of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j-73) shall cease to be effective January 31, 2031.”
The reporting duty outlasts the fees by four months, so that a final report can cover the last year in which fees were collected.
What the document actually says
“Section 744N of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j-73) shall cease to be effective January 31, 2031.”
That sentence, in plain words
The part that calls for reports stops working on January 31, 2031.
What this is about
Reports come after the year they cover. So this rule lasts a few months longer than the fee rules.
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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“Sunset Dates,” Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, section 6509. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/continuing-appropriations-agriculture-legislative/section-6509/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out
Both end dates and which sections each applies to.
Nothing else. The section has two sentences.
The section works by naming sections of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. That law is not indexed here, so this file does not say what those sections require.
