S3716-119

In Committee

RARE Act

119th Congress Introduced Jan 28, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, RARE Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Agriculture, Immigration.

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 ide2282e36cb874ce19cf845e2fb73cd75: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity Act or the RARE Act.
  • Section idC3AE19F2C7CF4AB4B8BA8C2D08A0972E: 2. Limitations on exclusive approval or licensure of orphan drugs Section 527 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360cc) is amended— in...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

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

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Agriculture, Immigration

Primary Purpose

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

Policy Domains

Healthcare Agriculture Immigration

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
Jan 28, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Jan 28, 2026

Ms. Baldwin introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

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 Agriculture Immigration
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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