3.0.0 2478 2023-01-11T13:40:02Z 2023-01-11T13:40:02Z Senate S 2018-03-01 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-03-01T15:29:42Z Affordable Medications Act 115 3411 S 2018-09-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Improving Access To Affordable Prescription Drugs Act 115 1776 HR 2017-04-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Improving Access To Affordable Prescription Drugs Act 115 771 S 2017-03-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2018-03-01 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2018-03-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO N S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2018-03-01 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2018-03-05 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2018-07-25 False Taxation Business expenses Income tax deductions Marketing and advertising Prescription drugs Taxation 00 2018-03-01 Introduced in Senate 2018-03-12T17:47:41Z End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit tax deductions for expenses relating to direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs.

"Direct-to-consumer advertising" is any dissemination, by or on behalf of a sponsor of a prescription drug product, of an advertisement that is: (1) in regard to the drug product, and (2) primarily targeted to the general public.

]]> End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act Display Title End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for advertising and promotional expenses for prescription drugs. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act Introduced in Senate 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2478is/xml/BILLS-115s2478is.xml 2018-03-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.