To provide for a limitation on availability of funds for Independent Agencies, Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, Salaries and Expenses for fiscal year 2024.

Anti-Kickback Statute policy issues ASP reporting policy issues Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) policy issues Drug Pricing H.R. 1613/S. 1038, Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023 H.R. 5376, Inflation Reduction Act H.R. 2666, Medicaid for VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act H.R. 2880, Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act H.R. 3285, Fairness for Patient Medications Act S. 1967, Patients Before Middlemen Act S. 2973 Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act H.R. 3561, Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency Innovative Pharmaceuticals (including cell, gene and radioligand therapies), Biosimilars and Generics Inflation Reduction Act Impact on Innovative Pharmaceuticals Medicaid Medicaid rebates and waiver policy issues Medicare Part A, B and D Medicare Part D Negotiations Medicare Part D Re-design and out of pocket cap Outcomes based Contracting/value based arrangements Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing Reimbursement for cell therapy products Removal of Safe Harbor Protection for Rebates to Plans or PBMs Involving Prescription Pharmaceuticals Transparency policy issues Advanced Safe Testing at Residence Telehealth Act of 2023 S. 2052, Protect Patient Access to Pharmacies Act S. 476/HR. 5567, The Maintaining Investments in New Innovations (MINI) Act H.R. 5539, ORPHAN Cures Act Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule CBO modeling H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act H.R.5125: Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics of 2023 COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions National Coverage Determination Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies Average Manufacturer Price Calculations Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule (MDRP) Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products National Coverage Determination Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing Protected Classes Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations Value-based Contracting and Communications

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Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office

340B Drug Discount Program ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act Data Privacy ---H.R.8152: American Data Privacy and Protection Act Drug Pricing ---H.R.1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---H.R.4811: Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act ---H.R.5125: Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act ---H.R.7667: The Food and Drug Amendments of 2022 ---H.R.9127: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Application ---S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics ---S.1128 118th Congress (2023-2024): A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents ---Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---National Coverage Determination ---Prescription Pricing for the People Act Medicaid ---Drug Benefit Design ---Encouraging Innovation Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act ---Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.5237/H.R.5260: Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act ---H.R.9127: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Lower Costs, More Cures Act ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act ---National Coverage Determination ---New Opportunities for Value that Extend Lives (NOVEL) Act ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---H.R.9127: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---DISARM Act ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Value of vaccines and vaccine confidence ---Vaccine safety net and vaccine infrastructure

340B Drug Discount Program ---340B Accountability Act ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight ---PROTECT 340B Act Accelerated Approval Alternative Funding Programs Biodefense Research, Development and Procurement Issues (Non-Funding) ---American Pandemic Preparedness Plan (AP3) ---Disease X ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---MCM PRV Program ---Reauthorization of PAHPA ---Tropical Disease Priority Review Voucher (PRV) Program ---White House National Biodefense Strategy Biosimilars ---BIOSIM Act ---BSUFA Negotiations ---Coding ---Implementation and Reauthorization of the Biosimilar User Fee Act of 2022 ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution ---Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act ---Reimbursement Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---H.R.834: Pandemics Require Evaluating, Planning, And Responding Effectively (PREPARE) Act ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---S.3799: Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act ---S.4317: SAFE TO WORK Act ---S.4509: Vaccine And Coverage Certainty (VACC) Act ---Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2021 ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution ---Defense Production Act (DPA) ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---Healthcare Disparities ---Medicare Reimbursement Policies ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Senate HELP Pandemic Preparedness White Paper ---Supply Chain Issues ---Temporarily Refundable R&D Credit ---TRIPS Waiver ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Climate Change ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 Data Privacy ---H.R.8152: American Data Privacy and Protection Act Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine Regulation and Oversight Diversity & Inclusion ---S.3799: Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act ---Decentralized Clinical Trials Drug Evaluation and Review ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---FDA Management and Financial Accountability Drug Importation Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Counterfeiting ---Drug Shortages ---Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---H.R.2883/S.1485: Stop Stalling Access to Affordable Medications ---H.R.2891/S.1428: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.1128 118th Congress (2023-2024): A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents ---Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act ---Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---H.R.1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Application ---S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics ---S.1128 118th Congress (2023-2024): A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents ---Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Lower Costs, More Cures Act ---National Coverage Determination ---Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act ---Prescription Pricing for the People Act Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2023 ---DISARM Act ---Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Health Defense Operations Funding Designation ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Reauthorization of PAHPA Funding for FDA ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---H.R.7667: The Food and Drug Amendments of 2022 ---H.R.8239: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII Priorities Funding for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 Funding for National Institutes of Health ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Act Funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Programs ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---Funding for 2022-2023 Influenza Season Preparedness and Response ---Funding for Routine Immunization Infrastructure during Pandemic ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 Funding for the HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 Generic Drug Entry ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---Bringing Low-cost Options and Competition while Keeping Incentives for New Generics (BLOCKING) Act ---Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act ---Generic Drug Application Review Reforms ---Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---Incentives for Generic Entry Medicaid ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Opioid Crisis ---Coverage and Reimbursement ---Non-Opioid Analgesics Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.5566: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---S.4185: Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Orphan Drug Tax Credit Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---H.R.6888/S.4071: Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments (HEART) Act ---H.R.1730: Speeding Therapy Access Today (STAT) Act Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.9127: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Lower Costs, More Cures Act ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---H.R.9127: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---S.4509: Vaccine and Coverage Certainty (VACC) Act ---Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---Adult Immunization ---DISARM Act ---Maternal Immunization ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---MCM R&D Incentives ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---National Coverage Determination ---Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) ---Vaccine and Antimicrobial Resistance Product Development and Incentives ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Quality Measure ---Vaccine Safety Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---S.3810: Countermeasure Injury Compensation Fund Amendment Act ---Vaccine Access Improvement Act ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act ---VICP CICP (Discussion Draft)