,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eeci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ah1      
#bjbc,mr4 ,joyce of ,pennsylvania 7for  
himself and ,mr4 ,nickel7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
,ways and ,means1 for a period to be    
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xi of the  
,social ,security ,act to expand and    
clarify the exclusion for orphan drugs  
under the ,drug ,price ,negotiation     
,program4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,optimizing         
,research ,progress ,hope ,and ,new     
,cures ,act or the ,,orphan ,cures ,act4
  #b4 ,expanding and clarifying the     
exclusion for orphan drugs under the    
,drug ,price ,negotiation ,program      
,section #aaia7;e7 of the ,social       

,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acbj;f7e77 is amended-- 7#a7 in        
paragraph 7#a71 by adding at the end the
 following new subparagraph3  7,c7      
,treatment of former orphan drugs ,in   
calculating the amount of time that has 
elapsed with respect to the approval of 
a drug or licensure of a biological     
product under subparagraph 7,a77ii7 and 
subparagraph 7,b77ii71 respectively1 the
 ,secretary shall not taken into account
 any period during which such drug or   
product was a drug described in         
paragraph 7#c77;,a74  2 and  7#b7 in    
paragraph 7#c77;,a7-- 7,a7 by striking  
only one rare disease or condition and  
inserting one or more rare diseases or  
conditions2 and  7,b7 by striking such  
disease or condition and inserting one  
or more rare diseases or conditions4