Us Code § 399i - Food and Drug Administration Working Capital Fund

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§ 399i. Food and Drug Administration Working Capital Fund

(a) In general

There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a Working Capital Fund (the Fund) to be administered by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), without fiscal year limitation, for the payment of salaries, travel, and other expenses necessary to the maintenance and operation of (1) a supply service for the purchase, storage, handling, issuance, packing, or shipping of stationery, supplies, materials, equipment, and blank forms, for which stocks may be maintained to meet, in whole or in part, the needs of the FDA and requisitions of other Government Offices, and (2) such other services as the Commissioner of the FDA, subject to review by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, determines may be performed more advantageously as central services. The Fund shall be reimbursed from applicable discretionary resources, notwithstanding any otherwise applicable purpose limitations, available when services are performed or stock furnished, or in advance, on a basis of rates which shall include estimated or actual charges for personal services, materials, equipment, information technology, and other expenses. Charges for equipment and information technology shall include costs associated with maintenance, repair, and depreciation (including improvement and replacement).

(b) Appropriations

Of any discretionary resources appropriated in this Act for fiscal year 2018 for "Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Salaries and Expenses", not to exceed $5,000,000 of amounts available as of September 30 may be transferred to and merged with the Fund established under subsection (a), notwithstanding any otherwise applicable purpose limitations.

(c) Emergency funds excluded

No amounts may be transferred pursuant to this section that are designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

(Pub. L. 115–141, div. A, title VII, §722, Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 387.)


Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is div. A of Pub. L. 115–141, Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 351, known as the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

The Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, referred to in subsec. (c), is title II of Pub. L. 99–177, Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1038, which enacted chapter 20 (§900 et seq.) and sections 654 to 656 of Title 2, The Congress, amended sections 602, 622, 631 to 642, and 651 to 653 of Title 2, sections 1104 to 1106, and 1109 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and section 911 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, repealed section 661 of Title 2, enacted provisions set out as notes under section 900 of Title 2 and section 911 of Title 42, and amended provisions set out as a note under section 621 of Title 2. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 900 of Title 2 and Tables.

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, and not as part of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which comprises this chapter.

CHAPTER 10—POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION

Sec.
451.
Congressional statement of findings.
452.
Congressional declaration of policy.
453.
Definitions.
454.
Federal and State cooperation in development and administration of State poultry product inspection programs.
455.
Inspection in official establishments.
456.
Operation of premises, facilities and equipment.
457.
Labeling and container standards.
458.
Prohibited acts.
459.
Compliance by all establishments.
460.
Miscellaneous activities subject to regulation.
461.
Offenses and punishment.
462.
Reporting of violations; notice; opportunity to present views.
463.
Rules and regulations.
464.
Exemptions.
465.
Limitations upon entry of poultry products and other materials into official establishments.
466.
Imports.
467.
Inspection services.
467a.
Administrative detention; duration; pending judicial proceedings; notification of government authorities; release; removal of official marks.
467b.
Seizure and condemnation.
467c.
Federal court jurisdiction of enforcement and injunction proceedings and other kinds of cases; limitations; United States as plaintiff; subpenas.
467d.
Administration and enforcement; applicability of penalty provisions; conduct of inquiries; power and jurisdiction of courts.
467e.
Non-Federal jurisdiction of federally regulated matters; prohibition of additional or different requirements for establishments with inspection services and as to marking, labeling, packaging, and ingredients; recordkeeping and related requirements; concurrent jurisdiction over distribution for human food purposes of adulterated or misbranded and imported articles; other matters.
467f.
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act applications.
468.
Cost of inspection; overtime.
469.
Authorization of appropriations.
470.
Omitted.
471.
Safe Meat and Poultry Inspection Panel.
472.
Interstate shipment of poultry inspected by Federal and State agencies for certain small establishments.
473.
Grants for improvements to meat and poultry facilities to allow for interstate shipment.

        

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