# 119-s-1587: Fair Prescription Drug Prices for Americans Act

119-s-1587, Fair Prescription Drug Prices for Americans Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] (R-MO); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1587
- Congress: 119
- Title: Fair Prescription Drug Prices for Americans Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-05
- Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] (R-MO)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**This bill would create an international reference pricing system that caps U.S. retail list prices for prescription drugs and biological products.** It would require annual manufacturer price reporting, direct the Health and Human Services Secretary to calculate a yearly average across Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom, and allow per-unit civil penalties equal to ten times the price difference for violations. - Families and patients: Limits the U.S. retail list price for covered drugs and biologics so it cannot exceed the average retail list price across six named countries. - Drug manufacturers: Must submit annual list-price data for the U.S. and each of the six countries and face civil monetary penalties equal to ten times the per-unit price difference if they exceed the cap. - Health agencies: The Health and Human Services Secretary would calculate the annual foreign average using manufacturer submissions and public filings and may issue guidance and regulations to implement the system.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-05-05T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Lower drug list prices for Americans: benefit, high. This bill would cap the U.S. retail list price for a drug or biological product so it cannot be higher than the average list price in six countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the UK). The Secretary of Health and Human Services would calculate that foreign average every year using d…

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- 119-s-2613: Warehouse Worker Protection Act
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- 119-s-1379: REPAIR Act
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- 119-s-2398: Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act

## Sources
- [119-s-1587 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1587)

## Related
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- [119-s-2613: Warehouse Worker Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2613)
- [119-s-2367: AI Accountability and Personal Data Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2367)
- [119-s-1379: REPAIR Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1379)
- [119-s-237: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-237)
- [119-s-2398: Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2398)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1587 (as of 2025-12-21).