118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 2940PASTEUR Act

To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to develop antimicrobial innovations targeting the most challenging pathogens and most threatening infections, and for other purposes.

Health
Introduced Apr 27, 2023
Last action Dec 17, 2024
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Dec 17, 2024
Budget · Oversight · E&C +1
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enter into subscription contracts for critical-need antimicrobial drugs, provides $6 billion in appropriations for activities under the bill, and contains other related provisions. A manufacturer of a Food and Drug Administration-approved antimicrobial drug may apply to HHS to have the drug designated as a critical-need antimicrobial, and HHS may enter into a subscription contract for such a critical-need antimicrobial. The bill imposes certain requirements related to such contracts, including a mechanism to lower payments under the contract in certain instances to limit the manufacturer's revenue from the drug. Furt...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 7 actions
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 28, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 27, 2023
Introduced in House
Apr 27, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 27, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 27, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 27, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.