3.0.0 3618 2023-01-11T13:29:50Z 2023-01-11T13:29:50Z House HR 2015-09-25 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 139 (Friday, September 25, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LANCE:H.R. 3618.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 1, of the United StatesConstitutionThis states that ``Congress shall have power to . . . layand collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay thedebts and provide for the common defense and general welfareof the United States.''[Page H6260]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2015-10-02T21:17:04Z Referred to 2015-09-25T13:02:35Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-09-25T13:02:30Z Orphan Drug Fairness Act 114 1906 S 2015-07-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Identical bill CRS 2015-10-02 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2015-09-25 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2015-09-25 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2015-09-25 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2015-09-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-09-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000567 Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7] Leonard Lance R NJ 7 N P000096 Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] WILLIAM PASCRELL D NJ J. 9 2015-09-25 True S001156 Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] Linda Sánchez D CA T. 38 2015-09-25 True T000462 Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12] PATRICK TIBERI R OH J. 12 2015-09-25 True H001065 Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-13] George Holding R NC 13 2015-09-25 True B001273 Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6] Diane Black R TN 6 2015-10-01 False N000181 Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-22] Devin Nunes R CA 22 2015-10-20 False M001158 Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24] Kenny Marchant R TX 24 2015-10-21 False Health Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Drug therapy Income tax credits Prescription drugs User charges and fees Health 00 2015-09-25 Introduced in House 2015-09-29T19:12:42Z Orphan Drug Fairness Act

This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to exclude sales of any drug or biological product approved by the Food and Drug Administration solely for rare diseases or conditions (orphan drug) from the calculation of the annual fee on manufacturers or importers with branded prescription drug sales exceeding $5 million.

This Act is effective as if included in PPACA.

]]> Orphan Drug Fairness Act Display Title Orphan Drug Fairness Act Official Title as Introduced To clarify the exclusion of orphan drug sales from the calculation of the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Orphan Drug Fairness Act Introduced in House 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr3618ih/xml/BILLS-114hr3618ih.xml 2015-10-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.