HR 3932 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

PASTEUR Act of 2021

Introduced Jun 16, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Michael F. Doyle D-PA

Latest action · Aug 2, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJun 16, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

The Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions To End Up surging Resistance Act of 2021 or the PASTEUR Act of 2021

This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enter into subscription contracts for critical-need antimicrobial drugs, provides $11 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.

Furthermore, HHS and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shall award grants to support efforts to encourage the appropriate use of antimicrobial drugs and efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance. The CDC shall also track and assess data relating to antibacterial resistance and human antibiotic use and make such data publicly available.

HHS shall also establish a Committee on Critical Need Antimicrobials. The committee shall develop a list of prioritized infections for which new antimicrobial drug development is needed, among other duties.

Within six years of the bill's enactment, the Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress a study on the bill's effectiveness in developing priority antimicrobial drugs.

Cosponsors 65

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 16, 2021 to Sep 13, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV	Original	Jun 16, 2021
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Aug 24, 2021
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick		Aug 24, 2021
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss		Aug 24, 2021
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Aug 24, 2021
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Oct 19, 2021
D-WA	Kim Schrier		Oct 19, 2021
R-UT	Chris Stewart		Oct 25, 2021
D-NC	Deborah K. Ross		Oct 26, 2021
R-FL	Maria Elvira Salazar		Oct 26, 2021
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Oct 26, 2021
D-IL	Sean Casten		Oct 26, 2021
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Nov 3, 2021
R-MI	Fred Upton		Nov 3, 2021
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Nov 17, 2021
R-MO	Billy Long		Nov 17, 2021
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Nov 17, 2021
D-IL	Marie Newman		Nov 17, 2021
R-NE	Don Bacon		Dec 14, 2021
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Dec 14, 2021
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Feb 8, 2022
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Feb 8, 2022
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Feb 8, 2022
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Feb 8, 2022
D-MI	Andy Levin		Feb 18, 2022
D-MN	Angie Craig		Feb 18, 2022
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Feb 18, 2022
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Feb 18, 2022
D-IN	Frank J. Mrvan		Feb 25, 2022
R-PR	Jenniffer González-Colón		Feb 25, 2022
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Feb 28, 2022
R-IA	Mariannette Miller-Meeks		Feb 28, 2022
R-NC	Gregory F. Murphy		Mar 1, 2022
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta		Mar 1, 2022
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Mar 15, 2022
D-CA	Mike Levin		Mar 15, 2022
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Mar 16, 2022
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Mar 16, 2022
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Mar 24, 2022
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin		Mar 24, 2022
D-NY	Antonio Delgado		May 12, 2022
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		May 24, 2022
R-OH	Mike Carey		May 31, 2022
D-PA	Susan Wild		May 31, 2022
R-GA	Austin Scott		Jun 8, 2022
D-CA	John Garamendi		Jun 8, 2022
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		Jun 13, 2022
R-NY	John Katko		Jun 13, 2022
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Jun 13, 2022
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		Jun 13, 2022
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jun 21, 2022
R-MN	Tom Emmer		Jun 21, 2022
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Jun 23, 2022
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Jun 23, 2022
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Jul 1, 2022
R-PA	Daniel Meuser		Jul 1, 2022
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Jul 13, 2022
R-KS	Tracey Mann		Jul 13, 2022
R-KS	Jake LaTurner		Jul 19, 2022
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Jul 19, 2022
R-AR	J. French Hill		Jul 29, 2022
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Jul 29, 2022
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Aug 23, 2022
D-GA	Lucy McBath		Aug 23, 2022
D-GA	Carolyn Bourdeaux		Sep 13, 2022

Committees 6

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jun 16, 2021
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jun 17, 2021
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jun 16, 2021
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jun 16, 2021
House	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Referred Jun 16, 2021
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Aug 2, 2021
House	Armed Services Committee	Referred Jun 16, 2021
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Jun 16, 2021
House	Homeland Security Committee	Referred Jun 16, 2021
	Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee	Referred Jun 17, 2021

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

Aug 2, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 17, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
Jun 17, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 16, 2021Introduced in House
Jun 16, 2021Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Homeland Security, 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.

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In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E1252	A. Drew Ferguson IV R-GA	Nov 18, 2021

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 105, June 16, 2021, page H2893.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2076	PASTEUR Act of 2021	Identical bill	Jun 16, 2021
HR 6000	Cures 2.0 Act	Related bill	Jan 4, 2022

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To establish a program to develop antimicrobial innovations targeting the most challenging pathogens and most threatening infections.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: PASTEUR Act of 2021; Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions To End Up surging Resistance Act of 2021

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 16, 2021Introduced in House

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