Senate bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act

S. 469Introduced Feb 28, 2017Policy area: Health

Sponsor: Sen. Bernie Sanders I-VT

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 28, 2017
Committee action—
Passed Senate—
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Feb 28, 2017 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 469.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 469, Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act” on July 31, 2017. CBO’s description reads “Preliminary estimate for S. 469 as introduced on February 28, 2017”.
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52976
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July 31, 2017
Congress.gov bill record
S. 469, 115th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
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September 21, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

22 cosponsors — 20 Democrats, 2 independents

0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Bob Casey (D-PA), Al Franken (D-MN), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Angus King (I-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Joseph Manchin (I-WV), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), John Reed (D-RI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Tom Udall (D-NM), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).

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