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H.R. 2725: Food and Drug Administration Safety Over Sequestration Act of 2013

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H.R. 2725: Food and Drug Administration Safety Over Sequestration Act of 2013

113th Congress · introduced 2013-07-18 · Health · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-07-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Food and Drug Administration Safety Over Sequestration Act of 2013

Plain summary

Food and Drug Administration Safety Over Sequestration Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt from sequestration calculations (mandatory across-the-board spending cuts) user fees that fund salaries and other administrative expenses of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Official text

Food and Drug Administration Safety Over Sequestration Act of 2013

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7] · 87 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Ami Bera (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Darrell Issa (R-CA) and 27 more.

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Words on this page, explained (1)
Exemption
A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr2725 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113