In Proposed Appropriation, Congress Tells FDA To Repurpose $7M For Cosmetic Regulation

Proposed budget agreement by House and Senate leaders comes four days before funding ends under the latest continuing resolution to keep the federal government open and a week before the White House plans to release its FY2025 budget request.

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Congressional leaders’ proposal to keep the Food and Drug Administration operating for the rest of fiscal year 2024 instructs the agency to find $7m within its budget to reallocate to implementing its expanded regulatory toolkit for cosmetics.

A budget agreement reached by House and Senate leaders and a conference committee, which they published with their bill, HR 4366, includes the FDA’s proposed spending for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies and also includes budgets funding the Transportation, Veterans Affairs, Energy,

The bill,

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