User Fee Reauthorization: 'Pre-Conferenced' Bill Aims For Quick Passage

'Clean' bill includes expanded access language from Senate, generic review revisions from House as legislators hope for enactment this month.

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It's a little from Column A and little from Column B – and nothing from Column C (for controversial) – for what looks to be the final version of the 2017 user fee reauthorization legislation.

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