US Congress Senate Bill 619 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-2-2)
Status: Introduced on March 17 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-03-17 - 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. Daniel Akaka [D-HI]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Edward Kennedy [D-MA]	Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]
Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]
Sen. Arlen Specter [D-PA]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

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	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/619/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s619/BILLS-111s619is.pdf