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H.R. 1150: Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2013

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H.R. 1150: Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2013

113th Congress · introduced 2013-03-14 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-03-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2013

Plain summary

Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require an applicant for approval of a new animal drug that is a medically important antimicrobial to demonstrate that there is a reasonable certainty of no harm to human health due to the development of antimicrobial resistance attributable to the nontherapeutic use of the drug. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to refuse approval if the applicant fails to make such a demonstration. Defines “medically important antimicrobial” as a drug intended for use in food-producing animals and composed wholly or partly of: (1) any kind of specified antibiotics, including penicillin and tetracycline; or (2) a drug from an antimicrobial class that is listed on the World Health Organization’s list of critically important antimicrobials. Requires the Secretary to withdraw approval for the nontherapeutic use in food-producing animals of a medically important antimicrobial marketed for human use unless the Secretary makes a final written determination that, based on either the application holder's demonstration or an HHS risk analysis, there is a reasonable certainty of no harm to human health due to the development of antimicrobial resistance attributable to the drug's nontherapeutic use. Requires the Secretary to rescind approval of an exemption for investigational use of, or of approval of a new drug application for, a medically important antimicrobial for its nontherapeutic use in a food-producing animal two years after the exemption is granted or the application for approval is submitted. Exempts from this requirement any drugs for which there has been found a reasonable certainty of no harm to human health. Prohibits the administration of a medically important antimicrobial (including by means of animal feed) to a food-producing animal for nonroutine disease control unless there is a significant risk that a disease or infection present on the premises will be transmitted to the food-producing animal. Requires the administration of the antimicrobial to be: (1) necessary to prevent or reduce the risk of transmission; (2) for the shortest duration possible to prevent or reduce the risk of transmission; and (3) at a scale no greater than the barn, house, or pen level and to the fewest animals possible to prevent or reduce the risk of transmission.

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Official text

Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2013

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25] · 78 cosponsors

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Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James A. Himes (D-CT), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Peter Welch (D-VT), Judy Chu (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), John B. Larson (D-CT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Paul Tonko (D-NY) and 18 more.

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Words on this page, explained (1)
Exemption
A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr1150 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113