HR 780
108th Congress
House
Health
Administrative procedure
Commerce
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug industry
Drugs
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Imports
Labeling
Law
Pharmacies
Pharmacists
Prescription pricing
Wholesale trade
Prescription Drug Price Reduction Act
Introduced: February 13, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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