# 114-hr-4965: Disclosure; and Encouragement of Verification, Innovation, Cleaning, and Efficiency Act of 2016

114-hr-4965, Disclosure; and Encouragement of Verification, Innovation, Cleaning, and Efficiency Act of 2016, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4965
- Congress: 114
- Title: Disclosure; and Encouragement of Verification, Innovation, Cleaning, and Efficiency Act of 2016
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2016-04-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Disclosure; and Encouragement of Verification, Innovation, Cleaning, and Efficiency Act of 2016 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by requiring a manufacturer of a medical device to give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) premarket notification of changes to the design or reprocessing instructions of its device. Medical device manufacturers must also notify the FDA within five days of widely disseminating to health care providers in a foreign country communications relating to a change to the recommended reprocessing protocols, if any, for their device, or a safety concern about the device. The bill bans the devices if the manufacturers violate the notification requirements concerning those design or reprocessing changes or communications to foreign health care providers. The FDA must publish a list of the types of rapid assessment tests of reusable devices for which premarket notification must include proposed labeling, including validated instructions regarding sanitizing reusable devices.

## Cosponsors (6)

- ELIJAH CUMMINGS (D-MD), 2016-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2016-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2016-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2016-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2016-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY), 2016-06-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 114-hr-5373: LGBT Data Inclusion Act
- 114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus.
- 114-hr-4592: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
- 114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act
- 114-hr-4399: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act
- 114-hr-4269: Assault Weapons Ban of 2015

## Sources
- [114-hr-4965 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4965)

## Related
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- [114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika viru…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5044)
- [114-hr-4592: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4592)
- [114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4479)
- [114-hr-4399: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4399)
- [114-hr-4269: Assault Weapons Ban of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4269)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4965 (as of 2025-11-18).