US Congress Senate Bill 619 (Prior Session Legislation)

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March 17 2009 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to deny an application for a new animal drug that is a critical antimicrobial animal drug unless the applicant demonstrates that there is a reasonably certainty of no harm to human health due to the development of antimicrobial resistance attributable to the nontherapeutic use of the drug. Defines "critical antimicrobial animal drug" as a drug intended for use in food-producing animals that contains specified antibiotics or other drugs used in humans to treat or prevent disease or infection caused by microorganisms. Requires the Secretary to withdraw approval of a nontherapeutic use of such drugs in food-producing animals two years after the date of enactment of this Act unless certain safety requirements are met.

Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2009

Sen Boxer, Barbara	Sen Reed, Jack	Sen Collins, Susan M.	Sen Specter, Arlen
Sen Whitehouse, Sheldon	Sen Gillibrand, Kirsten E.	Sen Snowe, Olympia J.	Sen Sanders, Bernard
Sen Cantwell, Maria	Sen Leahy, Patrick J.	Sen Feinstein, Dianne	Sen Akaka, Daniel K.
Sen Wyden, Ron	Sen Menendez, Robert	Sen Lieberman, Joseph I.	Sen Lautenberg, Frank R.
Sen Kerry, John F.	Sen Kennedy, Edward M.	Sen Merkley, Jeff

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-17		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB1549 (Related) 2009-07-13 - Committee Hearings Held.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN00619:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111s619is/pdf/BILLS-111s619is.pdf