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Prescription Drug Price Reduction Act

Introduced: February 13, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Feb 26, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 13, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 13, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Prescription Drug Price Reduction Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to repeal the condition on the permission to pharmacists and wholesalers to import prescription drugs from Canada into the United States that the Secretary first demonstrate to Congress the safety of such products and the financial benefit to consumers of permitting their importation. (Thus allows the importation of such drugs to proceed without fulfillment of prerequisites.) Repeals termination of the importation program.

Directs the Secretary to promulgate a final rule for carrying out the provisions on covered products within a year of the enactment of this Act, with the effective date for such final rule to be no later than 30 days after the date of promulgation.

Classifies an imported covered product as misbranded unless it bears labeling that identifies: (1) the country of origin; (2) the name and address of the importer; and (3) the name and address of the person who exported the product to the United States.

What's happening now February 26, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Independent 1
D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Mar 6, 2003
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 13, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 780: Prescription Drug Price Reduction Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-780/
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"H.R. 780: Prescription Drug Price Reduction Act." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-780/.
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H.R. 780, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-780/.
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