In Brief: FDA appropriations
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA appropriations: Senate passes bill containing FDA budget (S 1033) for fiscal 1998 by a 99-0 vote on July 24. The House passes its own spending bill (HR 2160) the same day by a vote of 392-32. Neither bill amends any FDA spending provisions. The Senate bill allocates to FDA about $844 mil. in salaries and expenses. The House bill provides around the same ("The Tan Sheet" July 21, p. 29)...