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The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved the economic year 2007 Agriculture appropriations bill (HR 5384), which includes $18.2 billion in discretionary funds for FDA, USDA and related agencies, CQ Today reports (Richert, CQ Today, 6/22). The discretionary funds included in the legislation exceed the $17.3 billion requested by President Bush and the $17.8 billion included in the House version of the tally. The Senate version of the legislation would provide $1.94 billion — including purchaser fee collections — for FDA salaries and expenses, a $117.9 million increase from FY 2006. The funds in place of FDA include increases of $50.5 million for pandemic influenza preparedness, $8.6 million instead of medical widget and coarse medication reviews, $4 million for prescription stimulant safe keeping, $5.5 million in behalf of grub safety, $10 million suitable generic medication reviews, $5.9 million in the interest the Key Path Initiative and $2.5 million for philanthropist combination safeness. The legislation includes a total of $107.2 million for pandemic flu preparedness, including $56 million requested by Bush. The bill also includes a provision that would make FDA to get ready for advance notification about conflict-of-good waivers 15 days prior to meetings of advisory committees (Senate Appropriations Body release, 6/22).

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