United States Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Review Act

Bill: 116-s-4191
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-07-02
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Genetics

Government information and archives

Government studies and investigations

Health technology, devices, supplies

Industrial policy and productivity

Manufacturing

Prescription drugs

Retail and wholesale trades

U.S. and foreign investments
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-02
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>United States Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Review Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission to submit annually to Congress a report on foreign investment in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry. The report shall address, among other topics, the effect of the industry's reliance on foreign manufacturing. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4191 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 2, 2020 Ms. Warren introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To require a report on foreign investment in the pharmaceutical industry of the United States.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the United States Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Review Act . 2. Report on foreign investment in pharmaceutical industry (a) In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Federal Trade Commission, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury acting through the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (in this section referred to as the Committee ), shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, a report on foreign investment in the pharmaceutical industry of the United States. (b) Elements The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) An assessment of— (A) the supply chain of the pharmaceutical industry of the United States and the effect of concentration and reliance on foreign manufacturing within that industry; (B) the effect of foreign investment in the pharmaceutical industry of the United States on domestic capacity to produce drugs and active and inactive ingredients of drugs; and (C) the effect of foreign investment in technologies or other products for sequencing or storage of DNA, including genome and exome analysis, in the United States, including the effect of such investment on the capacity to sequence or store DNA in the United States. (2) The number of reviews and investigations conducted by the Committee, in each of the 10 fiscal years preceding the year in which the study is conducted, with respect to covered transactions (as defined in section 721(a) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4565(a) ))— (A) in the pharmaceutical industry of the United States; or (B) relating to the sequencing or storage of DNA in the United States. (3) A short description of each such review or investigation, including whether the transaction was approved or prohibited. (c) Authority The Federal Trade Commission shall have authority under section 6 of the Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 46 ) to conduct the studies required to prepare the report required by subsection (a). (d) Publication The Federal Trade Commission shall publish an unclassified summary of the report required by subsection (a) on a publicly available internet website of the Commission. (e) Appropriate congressional committees defined In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (1) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.