II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1688 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 1, 2017 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Bennet , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Booker , Mr. Brown , Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Cardin , Ms. Duckworth , Mr. Franken , Ms. Harris , Ms. Hassan , Mr. Heinrich , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Kaine , Mr. King , Mr. Leahy , Mr. Manchin , Mrs. McCaskill , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Murphy , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Nelson , Mr. Schumer , Mrs. Shaheen , Ms. Stabenow , Mr. Udall , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Warner , Ms. Warren , Mr. Wyden , Mrs. Gillibrand , and Mr. Whitehouse ) introduced the following bill; 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 program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2017 . 2. Authority to negotiate fair prices for Medicare prescription drugs (a) In general Section 1860D–11 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–111 ) is amended by striking subsection (i). (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.