Senate bill · S. 355 (119th Congress)
FDA Modernization Act 3.0
U.S. Senate
Sponsor: Cory A. Booker (U.S. Senator for New Jersey, Democratic)
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Summary
FDA Modernization Act 3.0 This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to publish an interim final rule implementing a provision of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 that authorized the use of certain alternatives to animal testing to support investigational use of a new drug. The rule must replace references to animal tests, data, studies, models, and research with references to nonclinical tests, data, studies, models, and research throughout the FDA’s regulations governing investigational new drug applications, and may make other changes to the regulations as appropriate. The rule must be published within one year of the bill’s enactment, and must take immediate effect as an interim final rule.
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Where it stands
Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Up for a vote
- Passed one chamber
- Passed
- Enacted
Committee
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · U.S. Senate
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Full history
- Dec 17, 2025
Held at the desk.
- Dec 17, 2025
Introduced
Held at the desk.
U.S. Senate
- Dec 17, 2025
Held at the desk.
- Dec 17, 2025
Held at the desk.
- Dec 17, 2025
Message on Senate Action Sent to the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
U.S. Senate
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- Dec 17, 2025
Sent to the executive
Received in the House.
U.S. House of Representatives
- Dec 16, 2025
Measure Laid Before Senate by Unanimous consent. (consideration: cr S8793-8794)
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8793-8794)
U.S. Senate
- Dec 16, 2025
Passed a chamber
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S8794)
U.S. Senate
- Dec 16, 2025
In committee
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
U.S. Senate
- Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in U.S. Senate
U.S. Senate
- Feb 3, 2025
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Feb 3, 2025
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Feb 3, 2025
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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