WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Drug resistance in microorganisms

P.L. 110-293, The Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $1.40

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5501 would authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria....

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P.L. 110-392, The Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $12.30

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1532 would amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis....

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P.L. 110-316, The Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $1.79

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6432 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the animal drug user fee program....

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S. 2526, The Worker Infection Protection Act

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2526 would protect health care workers and first responders, including police, fire-fighters, emergency medical personnel, and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections, such as MRSA and pandemic influenza....

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S. 2525, The MRSA Infection Prevention and Patient Protection Act

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2525 would prevent health care facility-acquired infections....

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H.R. 4352, To provide $30,000,000 in funding to the Department of Education to provide assistance to public school districts for the prevention of drug resistant infections - Cost per Average Family: $0.31

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4352 would provide $30,000,000 in funding to the Department of Education to provide assistance to public school districts for the prevention of drug resistant infections....

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H.R. 4451, The MRSA Research and Study Act of 2007

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4451 would amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a competitive grant program for research on preventing, treating, and finding the cure for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus....

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S. 2313, The Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance Act

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2313 would amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance efforts to address antimicrobial resistance....

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H.R. 3697, The Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance Act

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3697 would amend the Public Health Service Act to address antimicrobial resistance....

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P.L. 110-85, The Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 - Savings per Average Family: $0.21

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3580 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and for medical devices, and it would enhance the postmarket authorities of the Food and Drug Administration with respect to the safety of drugs....

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S. 968, The Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $8.95

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 968 would amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide increased assistance for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis....

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H.R. 1567, The Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $8.95

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1567 would amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide increased assistance for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis....

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H.R. 1496, The Beating Infections through Research and Development Act of 2007

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1496 would provide incentives for pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, and medical device companies to invest in research and development with respect to antibiotic drugs, antivirals, diagnostic tests, and vaccines that may be used to identify, treat, or prevent serious and life-threatening infectious diseases....

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H.R. 1148, The Safe Food Act of 2007

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1148 would establish the Food Safety Administration to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination....

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S. 654, The Safe Food Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 654 would establish the Food Safety Administration to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination....

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S. 549, The Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2007

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 549 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in the treatment of human and animal diseases....

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H.R. 962, The Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2007

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 962 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in the treatment of human and animal diseases....

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