# 116-hr-4866: National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act of 2020

116-hr-4866, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act of 2020, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] (D-NJ); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-4866
- Congress: 116
- Title: National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act of 2020
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Introduced: 2019-10-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act of 2019 This bill directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to designate qualified institutions of higher education as National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and to provide grants to the centers. Each designated center must conduct research on continuous manufacturing technologies and must share information from such research with the FDA. (Currently, most drug production involves batch manufacturing, which typically takes longer than continuous manufacturing processes.)

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] (R-KY), 2019-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-4866 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4866)

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- [116-hr-3495: Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-3495)
- [116-hr-2153: Keeping Girls in School Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2153)
- [116-hr-1980: Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1980)
- [116-hr-1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1865)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4866 (as of 2025-11-18).