United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4712 (116th)
Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act
Introduced
17 October 2019
Last action
18 November 2020 · Introduced
Status
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4], Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33], Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1], Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1], Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20], Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ], Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9], Van Taylor
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
6 December 2025
Summary
Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act This bill limits which orphan drugs may be granted a market exclusivity period by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). (Generally, an orphan drug is one that is not economically viable because of the rarity of the disease that it treats; the sponsor of an FDA-designated orphan drug may be granted various incentives, such as a seven-year period in which the FDA may not grant market approval to a different sponsor for the same drug to treat the same disease.) Specifically, when determining whether to grant an exclusivity period to a drug that has orphan status due to low expected sales, the FDA shall consider the sales of all drugs from the sponsor that have the same core molecule or ion that is responsible for the drug's physiological or pharmacological action.
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Timeline
17 October 2019
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
17 October 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
17 October 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
18 October 2019
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
11 March 2020
Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Source: Committee
11 March 2020
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
15 July 2020
Reported
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Committee
15 July 2020
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
16 November 2020
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 470.
Source: Calendars
16 November 2020
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-572.
Source: Committee
16 November 2020
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-572.
Source: Committee
17 November 2020
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
17 November 2020
Passed
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5807)
Source: Floor
17 November 2020
Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5807)
Source: Floor
17 November 2020
Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4712.
Source: Floor
17 November 2020
Floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5807-5809)
Source: Floor
17 November 2020
Floor
Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Source: Floor
18 November 2020
Introduced
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Referred in Senate · 18 November 2020 · Download file
- Engrossed in House · 17 November 2020 · Download file
- Reported in House · 16 November 2020 · Download file
- Introduced in House · 17 October 2019 · Download file
Documents
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Referred in Senate (text)
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Referred in Senate (text)
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Referred in Senate (PDF)
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Passed House
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Sponsors
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] · D · Cosponsor
- Van Taylor · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4712
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4712
- us · 116-hr-4712 · source updated 6 December 2025