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[CITE: 21USC379k]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
             CHAPTER 9--FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT
 
                    SUBCHAPTER VII--GENERAL AUTHORITY
 
                    Part D--Information and Education
 
Sec. 379k. Information system

    The Secretary shall establish and maintain an information system to 
track the status and progress of each application or submission 
(including a petition, notification, or other similar form of request) 
submitted to the Food and Drug Administration requesting agency action.

(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, Sec. 741, as added Pub. L. 105-115, title IV, 
Sec. 407(a), Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2370.)


                             Effective Date

    Section effective 90 days after Nov. 21, 1997, except as otherwise 
provided, see section 501 of Pub. L. 105-115, set out as an Effective 
Date of 1997 Amendment note under section 321 of this title.


                       Report on Status of System

    Section 407(b) of Pub. L. 105-115 provided that not later than 1 
year after Nov. 21, 1997, Secretary of Health and Human Services was to 
submit report to Congress on status of system to be established under 
this section, including projected costs of system and concerns about 
confidentiality.
