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AVMA response to the final report of the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production

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H.R. 1549/S. 619 Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act: The Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to purportedly preserve the effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in the treatment of human and animal disease. The stated purpose of the bills "is to preserve the effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in the treatment of human and animal diseases by phasing out use of certain antibiotics for nontherapeutic purposes in food-producing animals."
Status: H.R. 1549 was introduced on 3/17/09 and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on Rules. The Rules Committee held a hearing on 7/13/09. S. 619 was introduced on 3/17/09 and was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
AVMA Position: Active Pursuit of Defeat
Primary Contact: Dr. Ashley Shelton

H.R. 2400 Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance (STAAR) Act: H.R. 2400 seeks to amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance efforts to address antimicrobial resistance. Enactment of H.R. 2400 would establish an Antimicrobial Resistance Office and a Public Health Antimicrobial Advisory Board in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The bill also has provisions for the collection of antimicrobial drug data and the establishment of antimicrobial resistance surveillance and research network sites.
Status: H.R. 2400 was introduced on 5/13/09 and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
AVMA Position: Non-support
Primary Contact: Dr. Ashley Shelton

Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance (STAAR) Act (S. 2313 in the 110th Congress): – S.2313 Strategies To Address Antimicrobial Resistance (STAAR) Act (110th Congress) seeks to amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance efforts to address antimicrobial resistance. Enactment of S. 2313 will establish an Office of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services that will determine how best to implement and update the goals of the Public Health Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance.
AVMA Position: Support, if the bill is introduced as written in the 110th Congress.
Primary Contact: Dr. Ashley Shelton