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Trump Budget Would Remove Tobacco From FDA, Increase Dependency On User Fees

 
• By Derrick Gingery

Much of the 4.5% increase proposed would come from proposed new user fees; almost no new budget authority was allocated in President’s FY 2021 budget request.

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President Trump sees removing tobacco regulation from the US FDA's mandate as a way for it to return to its traditional mission. • Source: File photo

President Trump’s fiscal year 2021 budget request offers little to the US Food and Drug Administration in terms of additional taxpayer resources, but proposes to remove a substantial competing interest from its mandate.

The agency on paper would receive a nearly 4.5% increase in the upcoming fiscal year, although in reality the budget is largely flat – a large portion of the additional funds come from proposed user fees

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