HR 780 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Prescription Drug Price Reduction Act

Introduced Feb 13, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Marion Berry D-AR

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Latest action · Feb 26, 2003 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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 13, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Prescription Drug Price Reduction Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to repeal the condition on the permission to pharmacists and wholesalers to import prescription drugs from Canada into the United States that the Secretary first demonstrate to Congress the safety of such products and the financial benefit to consumers of permitting their importation. (Thus allows the importation of such drugs to proceed without fulfillment of prerequisites.) Repeals termination of the importation program.

Directs the Secretary to promulgate a final rule for carrying out the provisions on covered products within a year of the enactment of this Act, with the effective date for such final rule to be no later than 30 days after the date of promulgation.

Classifies an imported covered product as misbranded unless it bears labeling that identifies: (1) the country of origin; (2) the name and address of the importer; and (3) the name and address of the person who exported the product to the United States.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2003 to Mar 20, 2003; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-INBaron P. HillOriginalFeb 13, 2003
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-TXCharles W. StenholmOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-GADavid ScottOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-KSDennis MooreOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-MSGene TaylorOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-CAJane HarmanOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-TXJim TurnerOriginalFeb 13, 2003
R-MOJo Ann EmersonOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-CALoretta SanchezOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-TXMartin FrostOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-ALRobert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.OriginalFeb 13, 2003
R-LARodney AlexanderOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-PATim HoldenOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-MDChris Van HollenMar 6, 2003
D-MIDale E. KildeeMar 6, 2003
D-METhomas H. AllenMar 6, 2003
D-PARobert A. BradyMar 20, 2003

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Feb 13, 2003
Health Subcommittee
Referred Feb 26, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 26, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Feb 13, 2003Introduced in House
  3. Feb 13, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the implementation of the program under section 804 of such Act, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Prescription Drug Price Reduction Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 13, 2003Introduced in House

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