118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1122Prioritizing Medical Countermeasures for National Security Act of 2023

A bill to improve the program to provide for priority review of human drug applications to encourage treatment for agents that present national security threats.

Health
Introduced Mar 30, 2023
Last action Mar 30, 2023
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Referred
Mar 30, 2023
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) to establish a list of categories of drugs that may be necessary to address a public health emergency or threat to the Armed Forces in order to facilitate the development of such drugs. Specifically, ASPR must list categories and classes of drugs that may be necessary to prevent or treat diseases or conditions that are caused by chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear agents and that have the potential to cause a public health emergency that threatens national security, or that may pose a threat to the Armed Forces. ASPR must share the list with interested parties to incentivize development and speed...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
Timeline · 2 actions
Mar 30, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Mar 30, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.