[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6019 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6019

To expand the tropical disease product priority review voucher program 
                to encourage treatments for coronavirus.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 2020

Mr. Jeffries (for himself, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Cardenas, and Ms. 
 Herrera Beutler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To expand the tropical disease product priority review voucher program 
                to encourage treatments for coronavirus.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cure the Coronavirus Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDING TROPICAL DISEASE PRODUCT PRIORITY REVIEW VOUCHER 
              PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE TREATMENTS FOR CORONAVIRUS.

    Section 524(a)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 360n(a)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraph (S) as subparagraph (T); 
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (R) the following:
                    ``(S) The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19).''.
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