INFORMATION SYSTEM.

SEC. 407. INFORMATION SYSTEM. (a) Amendment.—Chapter VII (21 U.S.C. 371 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: “Subchapter D—Information and Education “SEC. 741. INFORMATION SYSTEM. “The Secretary shall establish and maintain an information system to track the status and progress of each application or submission (including a petition, notification, or other similar form of request) submitted to the Food and Drug Administration requesting agency action.”. (b) Report.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit a report to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives on the status of the system to be established under 111 STAT. 2371the amendment made by subsection (a), including the projected costs of the system and concerns about confidentiality.