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S 1763 111th Congress Senate Taxation Income tax deductions Marketing and advertising Prescription drugs

Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act

Introduced: October 8, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Oct 8, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct 8, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10320)
Oct 8, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a business expense tax deduction for expenses relating to advertising or promoting the sale and use of prescription pharmaceuticals.

What's happening now October 8, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 2917 Related bill To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for advertising prescription drugs.
  • HR 2966 Related bill Say No to Drug Ads Act
  • HR 3979 Identical bill Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Oct 8, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1763: Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1763/
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"S. 1763: Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1763/.
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S. 1763, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1763/.
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