S. 1943: Novel Device Regulatory Relief Act of 2011
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S. 1943: Novel Device Regulatory Relief Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-12-05 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-12-05 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Novel Device Regulatory Relief Act of 2011
Plain summary
Novel Device Regulatory Relief Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow a person to request the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to classify a device regardless of whether the person has received written notice of classification into class III (premarket approval) under the initial classification procedures applicable to devices introduced or delivered for introduction into interstate commerce before May 28, 1976. Allows a person that is required to submit a report preceding the introduction of device into interstate commerce, and determines that there is no legally marketed device upon which to base a determination of substantial equivalence, to request an initial classification of the device and to recommend to the Secretary a classification. Allows the Secretary to decline to undertake such a request when the Secretary identifies a legally marketed device that would permit a determination of substantial equivalence.
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Official text
Novel Device Regulatory Relief Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] · 1 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s1943.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>
Record fed-us-cong112-s1943 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112