[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2434 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2434

  To amend the Public Health Service Act to continue the Presidential 
 Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 20, 2023

Mr. Marshall (for himself and Mr. Lujan) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Public Health Service Act to continue the Presidential 
 Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Presidential Advisory Council on 
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Act'' or the ``PACCARB Act''.

SEC. 2. COMBATING ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE.

    Section 319E of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-5) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``and 
                activities'' after ``Federal programs'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``public health 
                        constituencies, manufacturers, veterinary and 
                        medical professional societies and others'' and 
                        inserting ``the Advisory Council described in 
                        subsection (b) and relevant public and private 
                        entities''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``, pursuant to paragraph 
                        (4),'' after ``comprehensive plan'';
                    (C) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follow:
            ``(3) Agenda.--The task force described in paragraph (1) 
        shall consider factors the Secretary considers appropriate, 
        including factors to--
                    ``(A) slow the emergence of resistant bacteria and 
                prevent the spread of resistant infections;
                    ``(B) strengthen activities to combat resistance 
                through the detection of zoonotic diseases;
                    ``(C) advance development and use of rapid and 
                innovative capabilities, including diagnostic tests, 
                for identification and characterization of resistant 
                bacteria;
                    ``(D) accelerate basic and applied research and 
                development for new antibiotics, antifungals, and other 
                related therapeutics and vaccines; and
                    ``(E) support international collaboration and 
                capacities for antimicrobial-resistance prevention, 
                detection, and control.'';
                    (D) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph 
                (5);
                    (E) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) Action plan.--Not later than October 1, 2025, and 
        every 5 years thereafter, the task force described in paragraph 
        (1) shall develop and submit to the Committee on Health, 
        Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and 
        Commerce and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives a plan regarding Federal programs and 
        activities to combat antimicrobial resistance, including 
        measurable outcomes, as appropriate, informed by the agenda 
        described in paragraph (3) and input provided by the Advisory 
        Council described in subsection (b) and other relevant 
        stakeholders provided pursuant to paragraph (2).'';
            (2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (o) as 
        subsections (c) through (p), respectively;
            (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
    ``(b) Advisory Council.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may continue the 
        Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant 
        Bacteria, referred to in this subsection as the `Advisory 
        Council'.
            ``(2) Duties.--The Advisory Council shall advise and 
        provide information and recommendations to the Secretary, 
        acting through the Task Force established under subsection (a), 
        regarding Federal programs and activities intended to reduce or 
        combat antimicrobial-resistant bacteria or fungi that may 
        present a public health threat and improve capabilities to 
        prevent, diagnose, mitigate, or treat such resistance. Such 
        advice, information, and recommendations may be related to 
        improving Federal efforts related to factors described in 
        subsection (a)(3) and other topics related to antimicrobial 
        resistance, as appropriate.
            ``(3) Meetings and coordination.--
                    ``(A) Meetings.--The Advisory Council shall meet 
                not less than biannually and, to the extent 
                practicable, in coordination with meetings of the task 
                force established under subsection (a).
                    ``(B) Coordination.--The Advisory Council shall, to 
                the greatest extent practicable, coordinate activities 
                carried out by the Council with the task force 
                established under subsection (a).
            ``(4) FACA.--Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, 
        shall apply to the activities and duties of the Advisory 
        Council.''; and
            (4) in subsection (n), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``(f) through (j)'' and inserting ``(g) through (k)''.
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