,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgae  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ab1       
#bjac,mr4 ,ellison 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,rohrabacher7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to reduce prescription drug    
costs by allowing the importation and   
reimportation of certain drugs4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,personal ,drug ,importation        
,fairness ,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,reducing 
prescription drug costs by allowing     
certain drugs to be imported or         
reimported  7a7 ,in general             
,notwithstanding any provision of the   
,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic    
,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #cja et seq471 a    
drug may be imported into the ,united   
,states1 and may be reimported into the 
,united ,states by a person other than  
the drug's manufacturer1 if the drug--  
7#a7 has the same active ingredients1   
route of administration1 and strength as

 a prescription drug approved under     
chapter ,v of such ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4  
#cea et seq472  7#b7 may be lawfully    
marketed in1 and is imported or         
reimported from1 a qualified country2   
7#c7 is dispensed by a licensed         
pharmacist2  7#d7 is shipped directly   
to1 or is imported by1 the ultimate     
consumer from the qualified country2    
7#e7 is shipped or imported in          
quantities that do not exceed a #ij-;day
 supply2 and  7#f7 is accompanied by a  
copy of a valid prescription4  7b7      
,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,the   
term drug has the meaning given to such 
term in section #bja of the ,federal    
,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba   
,u4,s4,c4 #cba71 except that such term  
excludes any controlled substance 7as   
defined in section #ajb of the          
,controlled ,substances ,act 7#ba       
,u4,s4,c4 #hjb774  7#b7 ,the term       
prescription drug means a drug subject  
to section #ejc7;b77#a7 of the ,federal 
,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba   

,u4,s4,c4 #cec7;b77#a774  7#c7 ,the term
 qualified country means a country      
that-- 7,a7 is ,australia1 ,canada1     
,israel1 ,japan1 ,new ,zealand1         
,switzerland1 ,south ,africa1 a         
member-state of the ,european ,union1 or
 a country in the ,european ,economic   
,area2 and  7,b7 is determined by the   
,commissioner of ,food and ,drugs to    
have standards for ensuring the safety  
and effectiveness of drugs that are at  
least as protective as such standards in
 the ,united ,states4