[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5206 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 5206
To require a report on foreign investment in the pharmaceutical
industry of the United States.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 25, 2024
Ms. Warren (for herself and Mr. Rubio) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs
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A BILL
To require a report on foreign investment in the pharmaceutical
industry of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States Pharmaceutical Supply
Chain Review Act''.
SEC. 2. REPORT ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY.
(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Federal Trade
Commission (in this section referred to as the ``Commission''), in
consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, 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
an assessment of--
(1) the supply chain of the pharmaceutical industry of the
United States and the effect of concentration and reliance on
foreign manufacturing within that industry;
(2) 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;
(3) 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; and
(4) the effect of pharmaceutical manufacturers in the
United States relocating manufacturing facilities to other
countries on domestic capacity to produce drugs and active and
inactive ingredients of drugs.
(c) Authority.--The 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 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.
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