INFECTIOUS DISEASES SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Antimicrobial resistance research, infectious disease product R&D regulatory science, unnecessary regulatory burdens placed on medical research; laboratory developed tests; comparative effectiveness research; support for evidence-based decision making; point-of-care diagnostic tests; and organ transplant policies to allow HIV+ to HIV+ organ transplants, Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance, FDA proposed regulations regarding laboratory developed tests, House Energy and Commerce NIH RFI, Administration Executive Orders regarding HHS, NIH, HRSA, FDA, and CDC.

Funding support for the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Health Resources Services Administration, Food and Drug and Administration, and global programs for various infectious diseases related issues. Emergency supplemental funding support to address the COVID-19 pandemic and the monkeypox outbreak, FY2025 President's Budget, FY2025 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations bills, FY2025 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bills, FY2026 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations bills, FY2026 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bills FY2026 President's Budget, avian flu outbreak, Administration executive orders regarding HHS, CDC, NIH, HRSA, FDA, and USAID, FY2025 recissions package, FY2026 House and Senate Continuing Resolutions and related legislation, federal government shutdown-related legislation and Administrative actions, final FY2026 House and Senate Labor, Health and Human Services and State and Foreign Operations appropriations bills

Infectious diseases (generally, no specific legislation); antimicrobial (generally, no specific legislation); hospital-acquired infections (generally, no specific legislation); immunizations (generally, no specific legislation); pandemic influenza (generally, no specific legislation); public health security and bio-defense (generally, no specific legislation); global infectious diseases (generally, no specific legislation); biomedical research (generally, no specific legislation); President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) (generally, no specific legislation); Lyme diseases and other infectious diseases issues (generally, no specific legislation); Ryan White Care Act (generally, no specific legislation); Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance Act (PASTEUR), Infectious diseases and bio-preparedness health professionals loan repayment issues, BIO Preparedness Workforce Act (H.R. 4445), Monkeypox outbreak and response (generally, no specific information), ID incentive payments (no specific information or bill numbers), CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, avian flu outbreak (generally, no specific bill), Administration executive orders regarding HHS, NIH, CDC, HRSA, FDA, and USAID FY2026, H.R. 4445 Bio-Preparedness Workforce Pilot Program/Public Health Loan Repayment reauthorization legislation, J-1 Visa and Conrad 30 issues, H-1B Visa issues, reintroduction of the PASTEUR Act, CMS practice expense final rule, draft legislation to carve out ID physicians from CMS practice expense final rule