HR7953-119

In Committee

FAIR ACT

119th Congress Introduced Mar 17, 2026

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, FAIR ACT, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Foreign Policy, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H81CC791703B6427A92CA372944F498AC: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fast-tracking Approval for Innovative Rare disease therapies Act or the FAIR ACT.
  • Section H7E2297C3AC39475C8270A8B3BB5B6141: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: Patients in the United States often face significant delays in accessing innovative medicines compared to patients in...
  • Section H84F6D5321D1B4E1181DC3F787E5C95C4: 3. Reciprocal marketing approval for certain drugs The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is amended by inserting after section 524B of such Act (21 U.S.C....
  • Section H70DBC454222D480DA668E06BA2E804A5: 524C. Reciprocal marketing approval for certain drugs A covered product with reciprocal marketing approval in effect under this section is deemed to be subject...
  • Section HC69C1A83EF5D4E749FF1F13CA49628FB: 4. Reciprocal allowance of clinical investigations authorized by trusted international regulatory authorities Chapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, FAIR ACT, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Foreign Policy, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, FAIR ACT, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Foreign Policy Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies: ,
health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 17, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Mar 17, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 17, 2026

Mr. Sessions (for himself and Mr. Peters) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Foreign Policy Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

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