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HR 1450 111th Congress House

Counterfeit Drug Prevention Act of 2009

Official title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to counterfeit drugs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 11, 2009 See on congress.gov
Health Criminal procedure and sentencingDrug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationFraud offenses and financial crimes
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 27, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Mar 12, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 11, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Mar 11, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Mar 11, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Mar 11, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 27, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Counterfeit Drug Prevention Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish criminal penalties of a fine and imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both, for any person who commits a prohibited act relating to counterfeiting knowing that: (1) the conduct concerns the rendering of a drug as a counterfeit drug; (2) the conduct will cause a drug to be a counterfeit drug; or (3) a drug, held, sold, or dispensed is a counterfeit drug. Increases the term of imprisonment to any term of years or for life if the use of a counterfeit drug is the proximate cause of a consumer's death.

Modifies provisions pertaining to criminal fines for committing certain prohibited acts involving food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1450: Counterfeit Drug Prevention Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1450/
MLA
"H.R. 1450: Counterfeit Drug Prevention Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1450/.
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H.R. 1450, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1450/.
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