FDA Modernization Act 3.0
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2025-04-10
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “FDA Modernization Act 3.0” Read the full text
Health
What it does
FDA Modernization Act 3.0 This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to publish an interim final rule implementing a provision of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 that authorized the use of certain alternatives to animal testing to support investigational use of a new drug. The rule must replace references to animal tests, data, studies, models, and research with references to nonclinical tests, data, studies, models, and research throughout the FDA’s regulations governing investigational new drug applications. The rule must be published within one year of the bill’s
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · 2025-04-10
In the House.
Passed the House · 2026-07-20
Senate floor vote · next
Official documents
The numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
42
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTIONvia ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION
5 filingsCONSUMER HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS ASSOCIATIONvia CONSUMER HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION
5 filingsPERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS COUNCILvia THE PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS COUNCIL
5 filingsPUBLIC ACCESS TO SUNSCREENS (PASS) COALITIONvia HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP
4 filingsPHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA INCvia COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
2 filingsNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHvia NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
1 filingPHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICAvia PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA
1 filingFrom 23 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate. (2026-07-21).