21 USC § 379d - Automation of Food and Drug Administration

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identifier: "/us/usc/t21/s379d"
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title: "21 USC § 379d - Automation of Food and Drug Administration"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "379d"
section_name: "Automation of Food and Drug Administration"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL AUTHORITY"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "General Administrative Provisions"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 711, formerly § 712, as added Pub. L. 101–635, title IV, § 401, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4585; renumbered § 711, Pub. L. 102–571, title I, § 106(3), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4498.)"
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# § 379d. Automation of Food and Drug Administration

**(a)** **In general** The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall automate appropriate activities of the Food and Drug Administration to ensure timely review of activities regulated under this chapter.

**(b)** **Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated each fiscal year such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 711, formerly § 712, as added Pub. L. 101–635, title IV, § 401, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4585; renumbered § 711, Pub. L. 102–571, title I, § 106(3), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4498.)

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### Prior Provisions

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