US HB597 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-0)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-03-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 28 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-03-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To require any COVID-19 drug developed in whole or in part with Federal support to be affordable and accessible by prohibiting monopolies and price gouging, and for other purposes.
Title
Pandemic Treatment Access and Affordability Act of 2021
Sponsors
| Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL] | Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX] | Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT] | Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR] |
| Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ] | Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA] | Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD] | Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME] |
| Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT] | Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI] | Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA] | Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC] |
| Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN] | Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA] | Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA] | Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU] |
| Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN] | Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA] | Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL] | Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA] |
| Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA] | Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV] | Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL] | Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN] |
| Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT] | Rep. David Price [D-NC] | Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-22 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. |
| 2021-02-02 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2021-01-28 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, and Armed Services, 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. |
| 2021-01-28 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/597/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr597/BILLS-117hr597ih.pdf |
