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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1492 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to equalize the negotiation |
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| 6 | 6 | | period between small-molecule and biologic candidates under the Drug |
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| 7 | 7 | | Price Negotiation Program. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY21, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. M |
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| 11 | 11 | | URPHY(for himself, Mr. DAVISof North Carolina, and Mr. HUDSON) |
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| 12 | 12 | | introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En- |
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| 13 | 13 | | ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and |
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| 14 | 14 | | Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in |
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| 15 | 15 | | each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- |
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| 16 | 16 | | tion of the committee concerned |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to equalize |
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| 19 | 19 | | the negotiation period between small-molecule and bio- |
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| 20 | 20 | | logic candidates under the Drug Price Negotiation Pro- |
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| 21 | 21 | | gram. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •HR 1492 IH |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 1. EQUALIZING THE NEGOTIATION PERIOD BE-1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | TWEEN SMALL-MOLECULE AND BIOLOGIC 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | CANDIDATES UNDER THE DRUG PRICE NEGO-3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | TIATION PROGRAM. 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) I |
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| 32 | 32 | | NGENERAL.—Section 1192(e)(1)(A)(ii) of the 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320f–1(e)(1)(A)(ii)) is 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | amended by striking ‘‘7 years’’ and inserting ‘‘11 years’’. 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) E |
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| 36 | 36 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ment of Public Law 117–169. 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Æ |
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