Stop STALLING Act

United States116th CongressS-1224Senate
Updated: Jun 28, 2019

Summary

Stop Significant and Time-wasting Abuse Limiting Legitimate Innovation of New Generics Act or the Stop STALLING Act This bill makes it an unfair method of competition to submit an objectively baseless petition to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in an attempt to interfere with a competitor's application for market approval of a drug. The bill authorizes the Federal Trade Commission to sue an individual or entity that submits such a petition to the FDA. A party found liable in such a lawsuit shall be subject to civil penalties, such as a fine of up to $50,000 for each day that the FDA spent reviewing the baseless petition.

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HR-2374: Stop STALLING Act

Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-694.

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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  2. Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

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  3. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 130.

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  4. Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Graham with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.

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