End Price Gouging for Medications Act
Latest action · Jul 2, 2025 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.
- IntroducedMay 14, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 3, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Oct 3, 2025 |
Committees 6
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 May 14, 2025 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 14, 2025 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred May 14, 2025 |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 14, 2025 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 2, 2025 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred May 14, 2025 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 14, 2025 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 2, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 14, 2025Introduced in House
- May 14, 2025Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Armed Services, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and Natural Resources, 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.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 81, May 14, 2025, page H2052.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF13237 | Medicare Part B Drugs Overview | Resource | May 29, 2026 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1753 | End Price Gouging for Medications Act | Identical bill | May 14, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish reference prices for prescription drugs for purposes of Federal health programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- End Price Gouging for Medications Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 14, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
