S. 526 · 119th Congress

Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2025

Introduced on Feb 11, 2025 by Chuck Grassley (R-IA). 14 cosponsors, 6 of them from another party. Latest action (Feb 11, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Feb 11, 2025
Cosponsors
14
6 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to prevent unfair and deceptive acts or practices and the dissemination of false information related to pharmacy benefit management services for prescription drugs, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Civil actions and liability
  • Congressional oversight
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Medical ethics
  • Prescription drugs
  • State and local government operations
  • Supply chain

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Chuck GrassleyR-IASponsor

Democrats · 6

Republicans · 8

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Feb 11, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 11, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMAC ACTION6 reports
  2. AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)6 reports
    $25.6M reported (all issues)
  3. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY6 reports
    $560K reported (all issues)
  4. ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL ONCOLOGY6 reports
    $1.8M reported (all issues)
  5. Alzheimer's Association6 reports
    $6.3M reported (all issues)
  6. American Medical Association6 reports
    $36.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION$371K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  7. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAIN DRUG STORES, INC.6 reports
    $2.4M reported (all issues)
  8. NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100%
  9. PHARMACEUTICAL CARE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $20M reported (all issues)
  10. The Cigna Group and subsidiaries (Formerly Cigna Corporation5 reports
    $11.9M reported (all issues)
  11. BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION4 reports
    $6.4M reported (all issues)
  12. AMERICAN PHARMACIES, INC.3 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  13. INDEPENDENT PHARMACY COOPERATIVE3 reports
    $140K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INDEPENDENT PHARMACY COOPERATIVEAI match · 99%
  14. THE ALBERTSONS COMPANIES, INC.3 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  15. BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY2 reports
    $8M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY$8.8M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  16. PFIZER INC.2 reports
    $8M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PFIZER INCAI match · 100%
  17. SOLENO THERAPEUTICS, INC.2 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  18. The Cigna Group and subsidiaries (FKA Cigna Corporation2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  19. AARP1 report
    $6.6M reported (all issues)
  20. AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL1 report
    $270K reported (all issues)
  21. AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION1 report
    $7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION$1.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  22. CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)
  23. PRIME THERAPEUTICS LLC1 report
    $420K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.