S. 164 · 117th Congress · enacted
Advancing Education on Biosimilars Act of 2021
Became Public Law No: 117-8.
Latest official action 2021-04-23 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Advancing Education on Biosimilars Act of 2021 This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to advance education and awareness among health care providers about biological products as appropriate, including by developing or improving continuing education programs that address the prescribing of biological products and biosimilars. (A biosimilar is a biological product that is highly similar to an FDA-approved reference biological product and has no clinically meaningful differences from that reference product.) The FDA may also maintain and operate a website to provide educational materials about biological products.
Congressional Research Service · 2021-04-23
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Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
Sponsor
Margaret Wood Hassan
Senate · NH · Democratic
$613,285PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Bill Cassidy
Senate · LA · Republican
$1,221,279PAC receipts · 2025–2026
1 of 1 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
NATIONAL ASSN. OF DENTAL PLANS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$16,750
LUMEXA IMAGING PAC$15,000
Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor · $15,000
Official PAC recordQUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$14,500
DELTA DENTAL PLANS ASSOCIATION PAC$14,000
PCG (PERFORMANCE CONTACTING GROUP) EMPLOYEE OWNERS PAC$12,000
TRUCKING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS INC.$11,700
Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor · $11,700
Official PAC recordHUMANA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$11,100
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB-GYNS PAC (OB-GYN PAC)$10,500
DATAVANT PAC$10,500
Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor · $10,500
Official PAC recordHDR, INC. EMPLOYEE OWNERS PAC$10,500
AFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC)$10,000
Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordALABAMA FIRST PAC$10,000
Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMGEN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
CHEVRON EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - CHEVRON CORPORATION$10,000
Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordCOMMON SENSE FOR AMERICA PAC$10,000
Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordDENALI LEADERSHIP PAC$10,000
Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordENVISION HEALTHCARE OPERATING, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordFREE STATE PAC$10,000
Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordHEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION ALLIANCE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
HEALTHEQUITY, INC. PURPLE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (HEALTHEQUITY PURPLE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE)$10,000
Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordHONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. TECHNOLOGIES PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL (HONPAC)$10,000
Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordJOBS OPPORTUNITY NOW POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordMESSER CONSTRUCTION CO PAC$10,000
PAC FOR AMERICA$10,000
Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordRESPONSIBILITY AND FREEDOM WORK PAC (RFWPAC)$10,000
Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordSUNRUN INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SUNRUN PAC)$10,000
Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordTHE HAWKEYE PAC$10,000
Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordTOGETHER HOLDING OUR MAJORITY PAC$10,000
Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordTOMORROW IS MEANINGFUL PAC$10,000
Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordBHFS-E, PC PAC (BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE)$9,500
AMSTED INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED PAC$9,000
THE CIGNA GROUP EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$9,000
ZENECA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AZPAC)$9,000
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$8,500
NATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION VENTUREPAC$8,500
ADVANCED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$8,000
EMPLOYEE OWNED S CORPORATIONS OF AMERICA PAC (ESCA PAC)$8,000
SCITECH PAC$8,000
Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor · $8,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PA PAC)$7,500
CSX CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND$7,500
Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordThe largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
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Measured outcome: not established
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