,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #fb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the 
,,united ,,states  ,january #i1         
#bjai,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself1 ,ms4 
,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,bennet1 ,mr4            
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4 ,brown1 
,ms4 ,cantwell1 ,mr4 ,cardin1 ,ms4      
,cortez ,masto1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mrs4  
,gillibrand1 ,ms4 ,harris1 ,ms4 ,hassan1
 ,mr4 ,heinrich1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4     
,kaine1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,mr4 ,leahy1 ,mr4   
,manchin1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,mr4 ,murphy1  
,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,mr4         
,schumer1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,ms4 ,smith1  
,ms4 ,stabenow1 ,mr4 ,udall1 ,mr4 ,van  
,hollen1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1
 ,mr4 ,warner1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 and ,mr4    
,peters7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
amend title ,,xviii of the ,social      
,security ,act to allow the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services to      
negotiate fair prescription drug prices 
under part ,d of the ,medicare program4 

#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,empowering ,medicare ,seniors  
to ,negotiate ,drug ,prices ,act of     
#bjai4  #b4 ,authority to negotiate fair
 prices for ,medicare prescription drugs
  7a7 ,in general ,section #ahfj;,d-#aa 
of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #aciew-#aaa7 is amended by    
striking subsection 7i74  7b7 ,effective
 date ,the amendment made by this       
section shall take effect on the date of
 the enactment of this ,act4