Fair Advertising and Increased Research (FAIR) Act

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Fair Advertising and Increased Research Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit any drug manufacturer from taking a tax deduction for expenditures relating to the advertising, promoting, or marketing of any FDA prescription drug to the extent the aggregate amount of such expenditures exceeds the manufacturer's aggregate research and development expenditures.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to estimate amount of additional tax revenues raised by enforcement of the Act, to be allocated to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.

Congress
107

Number
HR - 4821

Introduced on
2002-05-22

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

5/22/2002

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Fair Advertising and Increased Research Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit any drug manufacturer from taking a tax deduction for expenditures relating to the advertising, promoting, or marketing of any FDA prescription drug to the extent the aggregate amount of such expenditures exceeds the manufacturer's aggregate research and development expenditures.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to estimate amount of additional tax revenues raised by enforcement of the Act, to be allocated to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to limit the deduction for advertising of FDA approved prescription drugs by the manufacturer of such drugs to the level of such manufacturer's research and development expenditures, and for other purposes.

Policy Areas
Taxation

Potential Impact
Advertising•
Appropriations•
Business income tax•
Commerce•
Drug industry•
Economics and Public Finance•
Government Operations and Politics•
Government trust funds•
Health•
Income tax•
Marketing•
Medicare•
Pharmaceutical research•
Research and development•
Sales promotion•
Science, Technology, Communications•
Social Welfare•
Tax deductions

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Recent Activity

Latest Summary11/28/2006
Fair Advertising and Increased Research Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit any drug manufacturer from taking a tax deduction for expenditures relating to the advertising, promoting, or marketing of any FDA prescription drug to the ext...

Latest Action5/22/2002
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.