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S 2508 107th Congress Senate Health Agricultural subsidies Agriculture and Food Animals Antibiotics Commerce Drug adulteration Drug resistance in microorganisms Families Family farms Livestock industry Medicated feeds Poultry industry Veterinary medicine

Preservation of Antibiotics for Human Treatment Act of 2002

Introduced: May 13, 2002 See on congress.gov
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May 13, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 13, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4283-4284)
May 13, 2002
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Preservation of Antibiotics for Human Treatment Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem unsafe animal feed containing a new animal drug which is a member of the fluoroquinolone class of antimicrobial drugs, unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services receives information from the drug's sponsor that there exists a reasonable certainty of no harm to human health due to the development of antimicrobial resistance attributable to the use of such drug in animal feed.

Requires the Secretary to withdraw or rescind approval of previously approved drugs that are either critical antimicrobial drugs or in the same chemical class as critical antimicrobial drugs, unless the Secretary receives information from the drug's sponsor that there exists a reasonable certainty of no harm to human health due to the development of antimicrobial resistance attributable to the use of such drug in animal feed.

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to producers of livestock or poultry who have reduced or are substantially reducing the nontherapeutic use of critical antimicrobial drugs.

What's happening now May 13, 2002

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · May 13, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2508: Preservation of Antibiotics for Human Treatment Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2508/
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"S. 2508: Preservation of Antibiotics for Human Treatment Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2508/.
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S. 2508, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2508/.
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