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Search the current text of US federal statutes, section by section: the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. chapter 9, including orphan drug designation and exclusivity in sections 525 to 528, expedited programs in 506, priority review vouchers in 529, devices in 510 to 524B, user fees in 735 to 744), PHS Act Titles III and IV (biologics licensing and biosimilars in 351, 42 U.S.C. 262; ClinicalTrials.gov registration in 402(j)) and the Orphan Drug Act. Use it for any question about what a statute says, a statutory deadline, sunset or definition, or an FD&C or PHS Act section number, instead of web_search; regulations (CFR) and guidance are not statutes. Each result names the act section and its U.S. Code section ("FD&C Act § 527 [21 U.S.C. 360cc]"). The text is the House Legislative Counsel compilation of each act as amended through the public law each result names; state that law when you cite, and say that later amendments may not be reflected. Read a section with read_us_code before quoting it.