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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4858 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the 
shipment of prescription drugs between the States and the Virgin Islands. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2007 
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
authorize the shipment of prescription drugs between 
the States and the Virgin Islands. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHIPMENT OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS BE-
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TWEEN STATES AND VIRGIN ISLANDS. 
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Section 801(d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
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metic Act (21 U.S.C. 381(d)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(2) The Sec-
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retary’’ and inserting ‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary’’; and 
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(2) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) the 
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following: 
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‘‘(B) If a drug was shipped from a State directly to 
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the United States Virgin Islands, paragraph (1) does not 
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apply with respect to the shipment of such drug from the 
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United States Virgin Islands to a State.’’. 
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