S 73 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act

Introduced Jan 10, 2019 Originated Senate Sponsor Jeanne Shaheen D-NH

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 10, 2019 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. IntroducedJan 10, 2019
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act

This bill prohibits tax deductions for expenses relating to direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs.

"Direct-to-consumer advertising" is any dissemination, by or on behalf of a sponsor of a prescription drug product, of an advertisement that is (1) in regard to the drug product, and (2) primarily targeted to the general public.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 10, 2019 to Jul 11, 2019, with 20 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalJan 10, 2019
I-MEAngus S. King Jr.OriginalJan 10, 2019
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalJan 10, 2019
D-HIBrian SchatzOriginalJan 10, 2019
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalJan 10, 2019
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJan 10, 2019
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalJan 10, 2019
D-RIJack ReedOriginalJan 10, 2019
I-WVJoe Manchin IIIOriginalJan 10, 2019
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalJan 10, 2019
D-NHMargaret Wood HassanOriginalJan 10, 2019
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalJan 10, 2019
D-COMichael F. BennetOriginalJan 10, 2019
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalJan 10, 2019
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalJan 10, 2019
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 10, 2019Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 10, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1801Affordable Medications ActRelated billJun 12, 2019
HR 8399End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads ActIdentical billSep 25, 2020

Subjects

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

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  1. Jan 10, 2019Introduced in Senate

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