21 USC § 379k - Information system

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identifier: "/us/usc/t21/s379k"
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title: "21 USC § 379k - Information system"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "379k"
section_name: "Information system"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL AUTHORITY"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Information and Education"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 745, formerly § 741, as added Pub. L. 105–115, title IV, § 407(a), Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2370; renumbered § 745, Pub. L. 110–316, title II, § 202(a), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3515.)"
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# § 379k. Information system

The Secretary shall establish and maintain an information system to track the status and progress of each application or submission (including a petition, notification, or other similar form of request) submitted to the Food and Drug Administration requesting agency action.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 745, formerly § 741, as added Pub. L. 105–115, title IV, § 407(a), Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2370; renumbered § 745, Pub. L. 110–316, title II, § 202(a), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3515.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 90 days after , except as otherwise provided, see , set out as an Effective Date of 1997 Amendment note under .

### Report on Status of System

, , , provided that not later than 1 year after , Secretary of Health and Human Services was to submit report to Congress on status of system to be established under this section, including projected costs of system and concerns about confidentiality.