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HR 5381 116th Congress House Health Consumer affairs Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Prescription drugs

International Pharmaceutical Transparency Act of 2019

Introduced: December 10, 2019 Introduced by: DesJarlais, Scott Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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Dec 11, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 10, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Dec 10, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

International Pharmaceutical Transparency Act of 2019

This bill prohibits the sale of a drug if its label fails to list the country of origin of each of the drug's active ingredients.

What's happening now December 11, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5381: International Pharmaceutical Transparency Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5381/
MLA
"H.R. 5381: International Pharmaceutical Transparency Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5381/.
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H.R. 5381, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5381/.
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[H.R. 5381: International Pharmaceutical Transparency Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5381/)
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