Restore Prescription Drugs Discount Act

This bill, titled the Restore Prescription Drugs Discount Act, would repeal the Robinson-Patman Act of 1936 and the amendments to it. The Robinson-Patman Act generally prohibits price discrimination—selling the same product to different buyers at different prices if it harms competition. By repealing the act, this bill would remove federal restrictions on charging different prices to different buyers for the same goods (including prescription drugs) in interstate commerce. In short, the bill would restore greater pricing flexibility for sellers, with the effect that discounts could be targeted more selectively to certain customers, while potentially reducing protections against discriminatory pricing that keeps some buyers paying higher prices. Note: The bill does not create a new prescription-drug discount program or specify new discount mechanisms; it simply repeals a long-standing anti-price-discrimination law.