21 U.S.C. § 399j — Abraham Accords Office
submitted 88 years ago by Pub. L. 119-75 to r/title-21-FOOD-AND-DRUGS · 325 words · no verdicts yet
The FDA must open an Abraham Accords Office inside an Abraham Accords country within two years. This office helps that country's regulators improve drug and product oversight. It also connects the FDA with local companies and shares information about U.S. regulations.
(a) In general
The Secretary*, through the FDA Commissioner*, must create an office inside the FDA called the Abraham Accords Office. A director leads this office.
(b) Office
Within two years of February 3, 2026, the Secretary must — after talking with Abraham Accords countries' governments and relevant U.S. diplomatic and security staff — choose where to locate the office inside one of those countries, and set it up there. The Secretary must also assign whatever FDA staff the office needs.
(c) Duties
Once the office is running, the Secretary, through its Director, must help strengthen international oversight of regulated products. This means giving technical assistance to regulators in Abraham Accords countries, helping their rules and requirements — including good manufacturing practices — line up with U.S. standards. The office must also connect the FDA with interested parties in these countries, sharing information about U.S. regulatory paths and gathering feedback on research, development, and manufacturing of regulated products. The Secretary can also assign the office other necessary tasks.
(d) Abraham Accords country defined
An "Abraham Accords country" is any country the State Department* says has signed the Abraham Accords Declaration.
(e) National security
Nothing in this section forces any action that goes against a national security recommendation from the federal government.
The Secretary*, acting through the Commissioner* of Food* and Drugs, shall establish within the Food and Drug* Administration an office, to be known as the Abraham Accords Office, to be headed by a director.
Not later than 2 years after February 3, 2026, the Secretary shall—
in consultation with the governments of Abraham Accords countries, as well as appropriate United States Government diplomatic and security personnel—
select the location of the Abraham Accords Office in an Abraham Accords country; and
establish such office; and
assign to such office such personnel of the Food and Drug Administration as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the functions of such office.
The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Abraham Accords Office, shall—
after the Abraham Accords Office is established—
as part of the Food and Drug Administration’s work to strengthen the international oversight of regulated commodities, provide technical assistance to regulatory partners in Abraham Accords countries on strengthening regulatory oversight and converging regulatory requirements for the oversight of regulated products, including good manufacturing practices and other issues relevant to manufacturing medical products that are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration; and
facilitate interactions between the Food and Drug Administration and interested parties in Abraham Accords countries, including by sharing relevant information regarding United States regulatory pathways with such parties, and facilitate feedback on the research, development, and manufacturing of products regulated in accordance with this chapter; and
carry out other functions and activities as the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out this section.
In this section, the term “Abraham Accords country” means a country identified by the Department* of State as having signed the Abraham Accords Declaration.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any action inconsistent with a national security recommendation provided by the Federal Government.
Source credit: (June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 1015, as added Pub. L. 119–75, div. J, title VI, § 6611(a), Feb. 3, 2026, 140 Stat. 701.)
- 1938Enacted · Pub. L. 119-75 · 140 Stat. 701
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