,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #abfd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #be1    
#bjbc,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself1 ,mr4 
,welch1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mr4         
,heinrich1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,ms4          
,stabenow1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1
 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,ms4 ,cortez ,masto1 
,ms4 ,hassan1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,ms4          
,cantwell1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,ms4         
,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mr4 ,brown1    
,mr4 ,booker1 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,ms4 ,warren1
 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4 ,cardin1 ,mr4      
,markey1 and ,ms4 ,duckworth7 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
 strengthen the drug pricing reforms in 
the ,inflation ,reduction ,act4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,strengthening ,medicare and        
,reducing ,taxpayer ,prices ,act or the 
,,smart ,prices ,act4  #b4 ,repeal of   
the ,medicare part ,d noninterference   

clause ,section #ahfj;,d-#aa of the     
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#aciew-#aaa7 is amended by striking     
subsection 7i74  #c4 ,improvements to   
the ,medicare ,drug ,price ,negotiation 
,program  7a7 ,acceleration of the      
selection of negotiation-,eligible drugs
  7#a7 ,in general ,section #aaib7;a7 of
 the ,social ,security ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #acbj;f-#a7;a77 is amended--  
7,a7 in paragraph 7#a7-- 7i7 by striking
 #aj and inserting #bj2 and  7ii7 by    
inserting and after the semicolon at the
 end2  7,b7 by striking paragraph 7#b7  
and redesignating paragraph 7#c7 as     
paragraph 7#b72  7,c7 in paragraph 7#b71
 as redesignated by subparagraph 7,b7 of
 this paragraph-- 7i7 by striking #bjbh1
 #ae negotiation-eligible drugs and     
inserting #bjbg or a subsequent year1   
#dj negotiation-eligible drugs2 and     
7ii7 by striking 2 and at the end and   
inserting a period2 and  7,d7 by        
striking paragraph 7#d74  7#b7          
,conforming amendments ,section #aaib of

 the ,social ,security ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #acbj;f-#a7 is amended-- 7,a7 
in subsection 7b77#b7-- 7i7 in the      
paragraph heading1 by striking and      
#bjbg2 and  7ii7 by striking and with   
respect to the initial price            
applicability year #bjbg2 and  7,b7 in  
subsection 7d77#a71 in the matter       
preceding subparagraph 7,a71 by striking
 or #bjbg4  7b7 ,improvements to the    
definition of qualifying single source  
drug ,section #aaib7;e77#a7 of the      
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acbj;f-#a7;e77#a77 is amended-- 7#a7 in
 subparagraph 7,a77ii71 by striking #g  
years and inserting #c years2 and  7#b7 
in subparagraph 7,b77ii71 by striking   
#aa years and inserting #c years4  7c7  
,improvement to the ceiling for maximum 
fair price ,section #aaid7;c77#c7 of the
 ,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4  
#acbj;f-#c7;c77#c77 is amended-- 7#a7 in
 subparagraph 7,a71 by striking #ge     
percent and inserting #gf percent2  7#b7
 in subparagraph 7,b71 by striking #fe  

percent and inserting #ee percent2 and  
7#c7 in subparagraph 7,c71 by striking  
#dj percent and inserting #cj percent4