Funding Bill Skates Through House Subcommittee, Targets Generic Labeling

A fiscal 2017 agricultural appropriations bill that breezed through its first congressional hurdle last week proposes a slight funding increase for the FDA, but is still well below the agency’s funding request.

The FDA would receive $4.78 billion for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, an increase of $97.4 million from the current budget year. However, that is $320 million less than the agency requested in its budget proposal.

The proposal provides $2.7 billion in discretionary funding, a bump of $33 million over the current fiscal year and in line with the agency’s request, with the remainder coming from user fees.