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Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2003

Introduced: July 25, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Jul 30, 2003
Star Print ordered on the bill.
Jul 25, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 25, 2003
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for a phased elimination of the nontherapeutic use in food-producing animals of critical antimicrobial animal drugs. Defines "critical antimicrobial animal drug" and "nontherapeutic use."

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to livestock or poultry producers to defray the costs of reducing such drugs' use, with priority given to family-owned or small farms and ranches.

Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary to provide grants for university research and demonstration programs to phase out the nontherapeutic use of critical antimicrobial animal drugs in livestock or poultry.

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require manufacturers of a critical antimicrobial animal drug or an animal feed for food-producing animals containing such a drug to report annual sales information.

What's happening now July 30, 2003

Star Print ordered on the bill.

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