# 119-hr-4409: Fair Pharmacies for Federal Employees Act of 2025

119-hr-4409, Fair Pharmacies for Federal Employees Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4409
- Congress: 119
- Title: Fair Pharmacies for Federal Employees Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-19

## Summary

**Would bar Federal employee health plans from contracting with carriers or PBMs that own, operate, or control pharmacies.** It targets ownership and contracting links between qualified carriers, pharmacies, and pharmacy benefit managers to separate plan management from pharmacy ownership. - Federal employees and families would see Federal Employee Health Benefit plan options limited to carriers that are not owned by or tied to pharmacies or PBMs. - Qualified carriers would be ineligible for OPM contracts if they directly or indirectly own, operate, control, or are owned by a pharmacy or a PBM. - Pharmacy benefit managers could not be contracted or subcontracted by OPM or a qualified carrier if they directly or indirectly own, operate, control, or direct the operation of a pharmacy. - The bill sets definitions for key terms like “pharmacy” and “pharmacy benefit manager” and includes a rule preserving enforcement authority for the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice Inspector General, the Department of Health and Human Services, and state attorneys general.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1] (R-TN), 2025-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Keeps other watchdog powers in place: benefit, low. If enacted, nothing in this bill would limit other enforcement powers. The Federal Trade Commission, the Justice Department’s Inspector General, the Department of Health and Human Services, and state attorneys general would still be able to use other laws. They would keep their current tools.
- Federal employee plans limit PBM-pharmacy ties: mixed, medium. This bill would limit who OPM can hire for federal employee health plans. OPM would not be allowed to contract with a carrier that owns, runs, or controls any part of a pharmacy. OPM could also not hire a carrier that owns, runs, or controls a pharmacy benefit manager, or is owned or directed by on…
- Who counts as pharmacies and PBMs: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would define which pharmacies are covered, including mail-order, specialty, retail, nursing home, long-term care, hospital, infusion, and any group with a pharmacy NPI code. It would define pharmacy benefit managers to include companies that negotiate drug prices or rebates, ru…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-3077: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-5509: Safe Step Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-4409 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4409)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3077: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3077)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-5509: Safe Step Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5509)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4409 (as of 2026-07-19).