House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2026
Official title: To prohibit brand name drug manufacturers from compensating generic drug manufacturers to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market, to prohibit biological product manufacturers from compensating biosimilar and interchangeable product manufacturers to delay entry of biosimilar and interchangeable products, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Seth Magaziner D-RIWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 22, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 22, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10887.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MAGAZINER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 163, October 22, 2026, Page H6058):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10887, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10887
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 23, 2026). 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Seth Magaziner.
- H.R. 7436 (119th) Department of Homeland Security Intelligence and Analysis Training Act
- H.R. 2139 (119th) Strengthening State and Local Efforts to Counter Transnational Repression Act
- H.R. 396 (119th) TRUST in Congress Act
- H.R. 6731 (119th) Restore Trust in Government Act
- H.R. 4763 (119th) PTO Act
- H.R. 5048 (119th) Don’t STEAL Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.