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S 2486 107th Congress Senate

Fair Advertising and Increased Research (FAIR) Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to limit the deduction for advertising of FDA approved prescription drugs by the manufacturer of such drugs t… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to limit the deduction for advertising of FDA approved prescription drugs by the manufacturer of such drugs to the level of such manufacturer's research and development expenditures, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 8, 2002 See on congress.gov
Taxation AdvertisingAppropriationsBusiness income taxCommerce
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Drug industryEconomics and Public FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment trust fundsHealthIncome taxMarketingMedicarePharmaceutical researchResearch and developmentSales promotionScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareTax deductions
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This bill died when the 107th Congress ended
It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 18, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6968-6969)
May 8, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4077-4078)
May 8, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4077)
May 8, 2002
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action July 18, 2002

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6968-6969)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Fair Advertising and Increased Research Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit any drug manufacturer from taking a tax deduction for expenditures relating to the advertising, promoting, or marketing of any FDA prescription drug to the extent the aggregate amount of such expenditures exceeds the manufacturer's aggregate research and development expenditures.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to estimate amount of additional tax revenues raised by enforcement of the Act, to be allocated to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4821 Companion bill Fair Advertising and Increased Research (FAIR) Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 8, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2486: Fair Advertising and Increased Research (FAIR) Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2486/
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"S. 2486: Fair Advertising and Increased Research (FAIR) Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2486/.
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