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    <item congress="118" measure-type="s" measure-number="2157" measure-id="id118s2157" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2023-06-22" update-date="2024-07-19">
        <title>Protect Drug Innovation Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id118s2157v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2024-07-19">
            <action-date>2023-06-22</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<html><body><p><b>Protect Drug Innovation Act</b></p> <p>This bill repeals several programs and requirements that were enacted under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 relating to the prices of prescription drugs, including (1) the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, (2) provisions that require drug manufacturers to issue rebates for certain drugs under Medicare for which prices increase faster than inflation, and (3) provisions that cap annual out-of-pocket spending under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.</p></body></html>]]></summary-text>
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