HR 2376 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019

Introduced Apr 29, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Doug Collins R-GA

Latest action · May 21, 2019 Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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.

IntroducedApr 29, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019

This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission to report to Congress on the effect of certain anticompetitive practices in the pharmaceutical supply chain.

Cosponsors 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 29, 2019 to Sep 18, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Apr 29, 2019
R-NC	Mark Meadows		May 1, 2019
D-TN	Steve Cohen		May 1, 2019
D-CO	Joe Neguse		May 7, 2019
D-NY	Max Rose		May 7, 2019
D-CA	Katie Porter		Jul 10, 2019
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Sep 18, 2019

Committees 2

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 Apr 29, 2019
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Apr 30, 2019Hearings May 21, 2019
	Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee	Referred Apr 30, 2019
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Apr 29, 2019Markup Apr 30, 2019

Actions 7

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 21, 2019Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 30, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 30, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 30, 2019Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Apr 30, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
Apr 29, 2019Introduced in House
Apr 29, 2019Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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
House	Debate and remarks H3455	Sylvia R. Garcia D-TX	May 7, 2019

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.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

May 23, 2019H.R. 2376, Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 30, 2019

Constitutional authority

[Pages H3303-H3304] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia: H.R. 2376. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 1, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of legislative powers generally granted to Congress by that section; Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of specific legislative powers granted to Congress by those sections; and, Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof''.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 69, April 29, 2019, page H3304.

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. 116-37	IMPROVING DRUG PRICING TRANSPARENCY AND LOWERING PRICES FOR AMERICAN CONSUMERS193 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	May 21, 2019

Related bills 3

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 19	Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019	Related bill	Dec 19, 2019
S 1227	Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019	Related bill	Jun 28, 2019
HR 2296	More Efficient Tools to Realize Information for Consumers Act	Related bill	Sep 24, 2019

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To require the Federal Trade Commission to study the role of intermediaries in the pharmaceutical supply chain and provide Congress with appropriate policy recommendations, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 29, 2019Introduced in House

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