Counterfeit Drug Enforcement Act
Latest action · Mar 22, 2005 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.
- IntroducedMar 17, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Counterfeit Drug Enforcement Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, upon a finding of reasonable probability that a drug intended for human use would cause serious health consequences or death, to issue an order requiring the appropriate person (including the manufacturers, importers, distributors, or retailers of the drug) to: (1) cease distribution of the drug; (2) notify health professionals of the order and instruct such professionals to cease administering or prescribing the drug; and (3) amend the order to include a recall if necessary.
Establishes a criminal fine and/or imprisonment for a person who: (1) knowingly causes a prescription drug to be adulterated or misbranded and sells or trades the drug; or (2) purchases or trades for such drug knowing or having reason to know that the drug was knowingly adulterated or misbranded. Requires a manufacturer of a drug to notify the Secretary within 48 hours after first receiving or becoming aware of information that reasonably suggests that such a violation may have occurred.
Increases funding for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspections, examinations, and investigations.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Mar 17, 2005 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 22, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 22, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 17, 2005Introduced in House
- Mar 17, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 109-120 | STATE TAXATION OF INTERSTATE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES81 pages | Judiciary Committee | Jun 13, 2006 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2345 | Tim Fagan's Law | Related bill | May 23, 2005 |
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 establish recall authority regarding drugs, to increase criminal penalties for the sale or trade of prescription drugs knowingly caused to be adulterated or misbranded, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Counterfeit Drug Enforcement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative remedies
- Commerce
- Communication in medicine
- Consumer protection
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal justice information
- Defective products
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Drug adulteration
- Drug industry
- Drugs
- Fines (Penalties)
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Informers
- Intellectual property
- Labeling
- Law
- Medical personnel
- Product counterfeiting
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2005Introduced in House
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