; finding (a) Short title This chapter may be cited as the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023 . (b) Finding Congress finds that the fees authorized by the amendments made in this chapter will be dedicated toward expediting the generic new animal drug development process and the review of abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs, supplemental abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs, and investigational submissions for generic new animal drugs as set forth in the goals identified for purposes of part 5 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21 et seq. ), in the letters from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate as set forth in the Congressional Record. 2312. Authority to assess and use generic new animal drug fees (a) Generic investigational new animal drug file fee Section 741(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4) Generic investigational new animal drug file fee (A) In general (i) New file request Each person that submits a request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file on or after October 1, 2023, shall be assessed a fee as established under subsection (c). (ii) New submission to established file Each person that makes a submission to a generic investigational new animal drug file on or after October 1, 2023, where such file was established prior to October 1, 2023, shall be assessed a fee for the first submission on or after October 1, 2023, as established under subsection (c). (B) Payment (i) New file request The fee required by subparagraph (A)(i) shall be due upon submission of the request to establish the generic investigational new animal drug file. (ii) New submission to established file The fee required by subparagraph (A)(ii)