HR 68 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act relating to the distribution chain of prescription drugs.

Introduced Jan 3, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Jo Ann Emerson R-MO

Latest action · Feb 7, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 3, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the wholesale distributor of certain drugs who is not the manufacturer or an authorized distributor of record for a calendar year (currently, the language "for a calendar year" is not in the Act) of a drug to provide to the recipient of the drug a statement identifying each prior sale, purchase, or trade of such drug.

Cosponsors 122

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 3, 2001 to Sep 18, 2002; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-AR	Marion Berry	Original	Jan 3, 2001
R-IN	Dan Burton		Feb 6, 2001
R-IL	John Shimkus		Feb 6, 2001
D-TX	Ken Bentsen		Feb 6, 2001
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Feb 6, 2001
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Feb 6, 2001
D-FL	Robert Wexler		Feb 6, 2001
R-TX	Ron Paul		Feb 6, 2001
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Feb 13, 2001
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark		Feb 13, 2001
R-MD	Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.		Feb 13, 2001
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Feb 13, 2001
D-OH	Tony P. Hall		Feb 13, 2001
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Feb 26, 2001
D-TN	Bob Clement		Feb 26, 2001
R-NH	John E. Sununu		Feb 26, 2001
D-ME	John Elias Baldacci		Feb 26, 2001
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Feb 26, 2001
R-IL	Ray LaHood		Feb 26, 2001
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen		Feb 26, 2001
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Mar 7, 2001
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Mar 7, 2001
D-FL	Allen Boyd		Mar 14, 2001
R-FL	Dave Weldon		Mar 28, 2001
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Mar 28, 2001
D-TX	Jim Turner		Mar 28, 2001
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Mar 28, 2001
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Apr 24, 2001
D-TX	Charles W. Stenholm		Apr 24, 2001
D-NC	David E. Price		Apr 24, 2001
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.		Apr 24, 2001
D-FL	Karen L. Thurman		Apr 25, 2001
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter		May 8, 2001
D-MI	John D. Dingell		May 8, 2001
D-TX	Nick Lampson		May 8, 2001
R-KY	Ron Lewis		May 8, 2001
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		May 8, 2001
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		May 15, 2001
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		May 16, 2001
D-TX	Gene Green		Jun 12, 2001
R-IA	James A. Leach		Jun 12, 2001
R-FL	Mark Foley		Jun 12, 2001
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Jun 12, 2001
D-NY	Steve Israel		Jun 14, 2001
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Jun 19, 2001
D-OK	Brad Carson		Jun 28, 2001
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Jun 28, 2001
D-OR	Darlene Hooley		Jun 28, 2001
D-IL	David D. Phelps		Jun 28, 2001
R-TN	Ed Bryant		Jun 28, 2001
R-VA	Eric Cantor		Jun 28, 2001
D-PA	Frank Mascara		Jun 28, 2001
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Jun 28, 2001
D-OH	James A. Traficant Jr.		Jun 28, 2001
R-KS	Jim Ryun		Jun 28, 2001
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Jun 28, 2001
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Jun 28, 2001
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz		Jun 28, 2001
R-OK	Steve Largent		Jun 28, 2001
D-MA	Barney Frank		Jul 17, 2001
R-TX	Mac Thornberry		Jul 17, 2001
D-FL	Peter Deutsch		Jul 17, 2001
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Jul 17, 2001
D-IL	Rod R. Blagojevich		Jul 17, 2001
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo		Jul 17, 2001
D-IL	Lane Evans		Jul 26, 2001
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon		Aug 1, 2001
R-OH	Michael G. Oxley		Aug 1, 2001
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Aug 1, 2001
R-TX	Larry Combest		Oct 25, 2001
R-CA	Stephen Horn		Oct 25, 2001
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		Nov 16, 2001
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Nov 16, 2001
R-FL	Dan Miller		Nov 28, 2001
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Dec 19, 2001
R-TN	William L. Jenkins		Feb 26, 2002
R-NY	Sue W. Kelly		Mar 6, 2002
D-MI	David E. Bonior		Apr 24, 2002
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn		Jun 26, 2002
R-KY	Ernie Fletcher		Jun 26, 2002
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Jun 26, 2002
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Jun 26, 2002
R-AR	John Boozman		Jun 26, 2002
R-FL	John L. Mica		Jun 26, 2002
D-KY	Ken Lucas		Jun 26, 2002
R-SC	Lindsey Graham		Jun 26, 2002
R-OH	Paul E. Gillmor		Jun 26, 2002
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Jun 26, 2002
D-OH	Tom Sawyer		Jun 26, 2002
R-TN	Van Hilleary		Jun 26, 2002
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jul 9, 2002
D-TN	Harold E. Ford Jr.		Jul 9, 2002
D-PA	John P. Murtha		Jul 9, 2002
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Jul 9, 2002
D-IN	Julia Carson		Jul 9, 2002
D-MO	Karen McCarthy		Jul 9, 2002
R-GA	Nathan Deal		Jul 9, 2002
D-CA	Sam Farr		Jul 9, 2002
R-MO	W. Todd Akin		Jul 9, 2002
R-TN	Zach Wamp		Jul 9, 2002
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		Jul 16, 2002
R-NC	Cass Ballenger		Jul 16, 2002
D-LA	Christopher John		Jul 16, 2002
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Jul 16, 2002
D-OR	David Wu		Jul 16, 2002
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy		Jul 16, 2002
R-NY	Felix J. Grucci Jr.		Jul 16, 2002
D-MS	Gene Taylor		Jul 16, 2002
R-CO	Joel Hefley		Jul 16, 2002
R-CA	John T. Doolittle		Jul 16, 2002
D-TX	Max Sandlin		Jul 16, 2002
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		Jul 16, 2002
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Jul 26, 2002
R-MD	Constance A. Morella		Jul 26, 2002
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		Jul 26, 2002
R-IL	Jerry Weller		Jul 26, 2002
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Jul 26, 2002
R-IN	John N. Hostettler		Jul 26, 2002
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Jul 26, 2002
D-MS	Ronnie Shows		Jul 26, 2002
D-AR	Mike Ross		Sep 4, 2002
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Sep 18, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jan 3, 2001
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Feb 7, 2001

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 7, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 3, 2001Introduced in House
Jan 3, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2)
Jan 3, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E2	Jo Ann Emerson R-MO	Jan 3, 2001

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
—	SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY ISSUES141 pages	Small Business Committee	Jun 21, 2001

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act relating to the distribution chain of prescription drugs.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 3, 2001Introduced in House

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