S. 3551 119th Congress Senate

PROTECT for Rare Act

Official title: A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to provide for coverage of certain drugs used … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to provide for coverage of certain drugs used in the treatment or management of a rare disease or condition, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 17, 2025 Introduced by: Thom Tillis Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov

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Dec 17, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Dec 17, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now December 17, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Finance Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 3

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

HARBINGER STRATEGIES, LLC
for THE HOME DEPOT · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
HARBINGER STRATEGIES, LLC
for THE HOME DEPOT · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
HARBINGER STRATEGIES, LLC
for THE HOME DEPOT · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

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SENATE
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Treasury, Dept of
3 filings

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Cosponsors 1

Heinrich, Martin

New Mexico · Dec 17, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3551: PROTECT for Rare Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3551/

MLA

"S. 3551: PROTECT for Rare Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3551/.

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S. 3551, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3551/.

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[S. 3551: PROTECT for Rare Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3551/)