US HB2148 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: Introduced on March 23 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-10-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 23 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-10-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To significantly lower prescription drug prices for patients in the United States by ending government-granted monopolies for manufacturers who charge drug prices that are higher than the median prices at which the drugs are available in other countries.
Title
Prescription Drug Price Relief Act of 2021
Sponsors
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA] | Rep. Jamaal Bowman [D-NY] | Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR] | Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT] |
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA] | Rep. Mondaire Jones [D-NY] | Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA] | Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO] |
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC] | Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY] | Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN] | Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI] |
Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA] | Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD] | Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL] | Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI] |
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT] | Rep. Cori Bush [D-MO] | Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2021-10-19 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law. |
2021-03-24 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
2021-03-23 | House | 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. |
2021-03-23 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB909 (Same As) 2021-03-23 - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security. Hearings held.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2148/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr2148/BILLS-117hr2148ih.pdf |