3.0.0 3498 2022-12-30T04:04:47Z 2022-12-30T04:04:47Z Senate S 2022-01-13 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-01-13T19:37:28Z FORWARD Act of 2021 117 5566 HR 2021-10-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2022-01-13 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2022-01-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000377 Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] Mark Kelly D AZ N S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 2022-01-13 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2022-01-13 True Health Advisory bodies Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Drug therapy Emergency medical services and trauma care Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Immunology and vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases Licensing and registrations Medical research Medical tests and diagnostic methods Research administration and funding Health 00 2022-01-13 Introduced in Senate 2022-03-10T16:27:51Z Finding Orphan-disease Remedies With Antifungal Research and Development Act of 2022 or the FORWARD Act of 2022

This bill establishes programs to support research on endemic fungal diseases and the development of antifungal drugs, with a particular focus on Valley Fever. Endemic fungal diseases are fungal infections that tend to occur in specific geographic areas and affect older adults and other at-risk populations.

Specifically, the bill establishes the Endemic Fungal Disease Working Group to review, coordinate, and make recommendations about the Department of Health and Human Services' efforts to address endemic fungal diseases. The working group is comprised of experts from both relevant federal agencies and the private sector.

In addition, the National Institutes of Health must continue its support for research on endemic fungal diseases.

Furthermore, the Food and Drug Administration must issue guidance for entities seeking approval for therapies, diagnostics, and vaccines to prevent and treat Valley Fever. Additionally, the bill provides for the use of priority reviews and other fast-track procedures to incentivize and expedite development and approval of these medical products.

The bill also requires the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to implement the Combating Antimicrobial Resistance Biopharmaceutical Accelerator Program to reduce and prevent antimicrobial resistance.

]]> FORWARD Act of 2022 Display Title FORWARD Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced FORWARD Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Finding Orphan-disease Remedies With Antifungal Research and Development Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to support endemic fungal disease research, incentivize fungal vaccine development, discover new antifungal therapies and diagnostics, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3498is/xml/BILLS-117s3498is.xml 2022-01-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.