> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.fdaweb.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Comey Firing Causes Postponement of FDA User Fee Mark-up
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/comey-firing-causes-postponement-of-fda-user-fee-mark-up/
- Published: 2017-05-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T22:22:47.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5138657

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee postponed a 5/10 planned mark-up of a bill to reauthorize FDA’s user fee programs for another five years. It was postponed in response to president Trump’s firing of FBI director **James Comey** and a subsequent meeting of the Democratic Caucus requiring all Senate Democrats in attendance. Committee leaders have pledged to schedule another bipartisan mark-up to continue progress on the legislation. Earlier this week the committee released a “[Manager’s Amendment](http://www.fdalawblog.net/FDARA%20Senate%20Managers%20Amendment.PDF?ref=fdaweb.com)” to [S. 934](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/934?ref=fdaweb.com) FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017.