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Introduced Session
113th Congress
Bill Summary
Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2013
AI Summary
This bill, the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2013, aims to protect the effectiveness of antibiotics that are crucial for treating both human and animal diseases by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. It addresses concerns that the widespread use of "medically important antimicrobials" (drugs important for human medicine that are also used in food-producing animals) in agriculture, particularly for non-therapeutic purposes like growth promotion or routine disease prevention, contributes to the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The bill proposes to require manufacturers to demonstrate that the non-therapeutic use of these important antibiotics in animals will not lead to harm to human health due to the development of antibiotic resistance, and it outlines a phased elimination of such non-therapeutic uses within two years unless this safety demonstration is made. Additionally, it places limitations on the use of these medically important antimicrobials for "nonroutine disease control" (using antibiotics for animals that are not sick but are at risk of a specific disease due to their environment), requiring it to be for the shortest possible duration and only at the level of the specific housing unit (barn, pen, etc.) and to the fewest animals necessary.
Committee Categories
Business and Industry, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (79)
Louise Slaughter (D)*,
Karen Bass (D),
Earl Blumenauer (D),
Suzanne Bonamici (D),
Madeleine Bordallo (D),
Matt Cartwright (D),
Judy Chu (D),
David Cicilline (D),
Yvette Clarke (D),
Steve Cohen (D),
Gerry Connolly (D),
John Conyers (D),
Susan Davis (D),
Peter DeFazio (D),
Diana DeGette (D),
Rosa DeLauro (D),
Theodore Deutch (D),
Lloyd Doggett (D),
Donna Edwards (D),
Keith Ellison (D),
Anna Eshoo (D),
Eni Faleomavaega (D),
Sam Farr (D),
Tulsi Gabbard (D),
Raúl Grijalva (D),
Janice Hahn (D),
Alcee Hastings (D),
Jim Himes (D),
Rush Holt (D),
Michael Honda (D),
Jared Huffman (D),
Steve Israel (D),
Eddie Johnson (D),
Marcy Kaptur (D),
Ann Kuster (D),
James Langevin (D),
Rick Larsen (D),
John Larson (D),
Barbara Lee (D),
Sander Levin (D),
Daniel Lipinski (D),
Zoe Lofgren (D),
Alan Lowenthal (D),
Carolyn Maloney (D),
Ed Markey (D),
Doris Matsui (D),
Betty McCollum (D),
Jim McDermott (D),
Jim McGovern (D),
Michael Michaud (D),
George Miller (D),
Gwen Moore (D),
James Moran (D),
Grace Napolitano (D),
Gloria Negrete McLeod (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Donald Payne (D),
Gary Peters (D),
Chellie Pingree (D),
Jared Polis (D),
David Price (D),
Mike Quigley (D),
Charles Rangel (D),
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),
Raul Ruiz (D),
Bobby Rush (D),
Tim Ryan (D),
Linda Sánchez (D),
Jan Schakowsky (D),
Adam Schiff (D),
Carol Shea-Porter (D),
Brad Sherman (D),
Jackie Speier (D),
John Tierney (D),
Paul Tonko (D),
Niki Tsongas (D),
Maxine Waters (D),
Henry Waxman (D),
Peter Welch (D),
Last Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (on 03/15/2013)
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| Document Type | Source Location | Created |
|---|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1150/all-info | 04/25/2013 |
| Bill | http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr1150ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr1150ih.pdf | 04/25/2013 |
| Bill | http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr1150ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr1150ih.pdf.pdf | 03/21/2013 |
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