Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · S

S. 974 (115th)

CREATES Act of 2018

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

27 April 2017

Last action

21 June 2018 · Reported

Status

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 482.

Sponsors

Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX], Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY], Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH], Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA], Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN], Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT], Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME], Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD], Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT], Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE], Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

10 August 2026

Healthcare

Summary

Creating and Restoring Equal Access To Equivalent Samples Act of 2017 or the CREATES Act of 2017 This bill permits the developer of a drug or biological product to bring a civil action against the license holder of an approved drug or biological product if the holder has declined to make available sufficient quantities of the approved drug or product for the developer's testing.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 27 April 2017

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2619)

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 27 April 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 14 June 2018

    Reported

    Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

    Source: Committee

  4. 21 June 2018

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 482.

    Source: Calendars

  5. 21 June 2018

    Reported

    Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

    Source: Committee

  6. 21 June 2018

    Reported

    Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

5 official files

Reported to Senate (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Reported to Senate (text)

    Reported to Senate · EN · 21 June 2018

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Reported to Senate (PDF)

    Reported to Senate · EN · 21 June 2018

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in Senate (text)

    Introduced in Senate · EN · 27 April 2017

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in Senate (PDF)

    Introduced in Senate · EN · 27 April 2017

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in Senate

    summary · EN · 27 April 2017

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Related records

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.