S 1999 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Medicare Prescription Drug Price Reduction Act

Introduced Dec 9, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Thomas A. Daschle D-SD

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Dec 9, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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. IntroducedDec 9, 2003
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Prescription Drug Price Reduction Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title IV of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to give the Secretary of Health and Human Services authority to negotiate prices in contracts with manufacturers of covered Medicare part D drugs.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 9, 2003 to Apr 26, 2004; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiOriginalDec 9, 2003
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalDec 9, 2003
D-FLBob GrahamOriginalDec 9, 2003
D-NDByron L. DorganOriginalDec 9, 2003
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalDec 9, 2003
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalDec 9, 2003
D-MAEdward M. KennedyOriginalDec 9, 2003
D-NJFrank R. LautenbergOriginalDec 9, 2003
D-WIHerb KohlOriginalDec 9, 2003
D-NMJeff BingamanOriginalDec 9, 2003
D-WVJohn D. Rockefeller IVOriginalDec 9, 2003
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalDec 9, 2003
D-ARMark L. PryorOriginalDec 9, 2003
D-SDTim JohnsonOriginalDec 9, 2003
D-CADianne FeinsteinJan 20, 2004
D-WIRussell D. FeingoldFeb 2, 2004
D-DEThomas R. CarperFeb 2, 2004
D-NVHarry ReidMar 10, 2004
D-MDPaul S. SarbanesApr 26, 2004

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateFinance Committee
Referred Dec 9, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 9, 2003Introduced in Senate
  2. Dec 9, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S16137-16138)
  3. Dec 9, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

In the Congressional Record 2

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S105Dianne Feinstein D-CAJan 21, 2004
SenateDebate and remarks S16138Thomas A. Daschle D-SDDec 9, 2003

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.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 108-57U.S. COMMISSION ON OCEAN POLICY PRELIMINARY REPORT120 pagesScience, Space, and Technology CommitteeMay 5, 2004

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 3672To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act, as added by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to provide for negotiation of fair prices for Medicare prescription drugs.Related billDec 17, 2003

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act, as added by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to provide for negotiation of fair prices for medicare prescription drugs.
Short Titles as Introduced
Medicare 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. Dec 9, 2003Introduced in Senate

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