SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Prescription Drug Af-
fordability Act’’. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO IN-
TERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 
1986 
SEC. 101. INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS 
PURCHASED BY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE AT-
TAINED RETIREMENT AGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart A of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (relating to nonrefundable personal credits) is 
amended by inserting after section 25D the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 25E. PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PURCHASED BY INDIVID-
UALS WHO HAVE ATTAINED SOCIAL SECU-
RITY RETIREMENT AGE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual who 
has attained social security retirement age, there shall be 
allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter 
for the taxable year an amount equal to 80 percent of the 
amount paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year (and 
not compensated for by insurance or otherwise) for any 
prescribed drug (as defined in section 213(d)(3)) for use 
by such individual. 
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‘‘(b) SOCIAL SECURITY RETIREMENT AGE.—For 
purposes of this section, the term ‘social security retire-
ment age’ means retirement age (as defined in section 
216(l)(1) of the Social Security Act). 
‘‘(c) DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT.— 
‘‘(1) COORDINATION WITH MEDICAL EXPENSE 
DEDUCTION.—The amount which would (but for this 
subsection) be taken into account by the taxpayer 
under section 213 for the taxable year shall be re-
duced by the credit (if any) allowed by this section 
to the taxpayer for such year. 
‘‘(2) 
COORDINATION
WITH
MEDICAL
AND 
HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.—No credit shall be al-
lowed under this section for amounts paid from any 
Archer MSA (as defined in section 220(d)) or any 
health savings account (as defined in section 
223(d)). 
‘‘(d) ELECTION NOT TO HAVE CREDIT APPLY.— 
This section shall not apply to a taxpayer for a taxable 
year if the taxpayer elects not to have this section apply 
for such year.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 
of such Code is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 25D the following new item: 
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‘‘Sec. 25E. Prescription drugs purchased by individuals who have attained so-
cial security retirement age.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning more 
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO FED-
ERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COS-
METIC ACT 
SEC. 201. FACILITATION OF IMPORTATION OF DRUGS AP-
PROVED BY FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRA-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter VIII of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381 et seq.) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking section 804; and 
(2) in section 801(d)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(B) by striking ‘‘(d)(1)’’ and all that fol-
lows through the end of paragraph (1) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(d)(1)(A) A person who meets applicable legal re-
quirements to be an importer of drugs described in sub-
paragraph (B) may import such a drug (without regard 
to whether the person is a manufacturer of the drug) if 
the person submits to the Secretary an application to im-
port the drug and the Secretary approves the application. 
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‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the drugs 
described in this subparagraph are drugs that are subject 
to section 503(b)(1) or that are composed wholly or partly 
of insulin. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall approve an application 
under subparagraph (A) if the application demonstrates 
that the drug to be imported meets all requirements under 
this Act for the admission of the drug into the United 
States, including demonstrating that— 
‘‘(i) an application for the drug has been ap-
proved under section 505, or as applicable, under 
section 351 of the Public Health Service Act; and 
‘‘(ii) the drug is not adulterated or misbranded. 
‘‘(D) Not later than 60 days after the date on which 
an application under subparagraph (A) is submitted to the 
Secretary, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) approve the application; or 
‘‘(ii) refuse to approve the application and pro-
vide to the person who submitted the application the 
reason for such refusal. 
‘‘(E) This paragraph may not be construed as affect-
ing any right secured by patent.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 801(d) of 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
381(d)) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; 
(2) in subclause (III) of paragraph (2)(A)(i) (as 
redesignated by this subsection), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by this 
subsection), by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’. 
SEC. 202. INTERNET SALES OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. 
Section 503(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following paragraph: 
‘‘(6)(A) With respect to the interstate sale of a pre-
scription drug through an Internet site, the Secretary may 
not with respect to such sale take any action under this 
Act against any of the persons involved if— 
‘‘(i) the sale was made in compliance with this 
Act, the Controlled Substances Act, and State laws 
that are applicable to the sale of the drug; and 
‘‘(ii) accurate information regarding compliance 
with this Act, the Controlled Substances Act, and 
such State laws is posted on the Internet site. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the sale of 
a prescription drug by a person shall be considered to be 
an interstate sale of the drug through an Internet site if— 
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‘‘(i) the purchaser of the drug submits the pur-
chase order for the drug, or conducts any other part 
of the sales transaction for the drug, through an 
Internet site; and 
‘‘(ii) pursuant to such sale, the person intro-
duces the drug into interstate commerce or delivers 
the drug for introduction into such commerce. 
‘‘(C) Subparagraph (A) may not be construed as au-
thorizing the Secretary to enforce any violation of State 
law. 
‘‘(D) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘pre-
scription drug’ means a drug that is subject to paragraph 
(1).’’. 
SEC. 203. REGULATIONS OF SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES; EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) REGULATIONS.—Before the expiration of the pe-
riod specified in subsection (b), the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall promulgate regulations to carry 
out the amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act that are made by sections 201 and 202. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments to the Fed-
eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act that are made by sec-
tions 201 and 202 take effect upon the expiration of the 
one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment 
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