PUBLIC LAW 106-505—NOV. 13, 2000
114 STAT. 2319
"(1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall establish an Anti- Establishment.
microbial Resistance Task Force to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary and coordinate Federal programs relating to antimicrobial resistance. The Secretary may
appoint or select a committee, or other organization in existence
as of the date of the enactment of this section, to serve as
such a task force, if such committee, or other organization
meets the requirements of this section.
"(2) MEMBERS OF TASK FORCE.— The task force described
in paragraph (1) shall be composed of representatives from
such Federal agencies, and shall seek input from public health
constituencies, manufacturers, veterinary and medical professional societies and others, as determined to be necessary by
the Secretary, to develop and implement a comprehensive plan
to address the public health threat of antimicrobial resistance.
"(3) AGENDA.—
"(A) IN GENERAL.—The task force described in paragraph (1) shall consider factors the Secretary considers
appropriate, including—
"(i) public health factors contributing to increasing
antimicrobial resistance;
"(ii) public health needs to detect and monitor
antimicrobial resistance;
"(iii) detection, prevention, and control strategies
for resistant pathogens;
"(iv) the need for improved information and data
collection;
"(v) the assessment of the risk imposed by pathogens presenting a threat to the public health; and
"(vi) any other issues which the Secretary determines are relevant to antimicrobial resistance.
"(B) DETECTION AND CONTROL.—The Secretary, in consultation with the task force described in paragraph (1)
and State and local public health officials, shall—
"(i) develop, improve, coordinate or enhance
participation in a surveillance plan to detect and monitor emerging antimicrobial resistance; and
"(ii) develop, improve, coordinate or enhance
participation in an integrated information system to
assimilate, analyze, and exchange antimicrobial resistance data between public health departments.
"(4) MEETINGS. — The task force described under paragraph
(1) shall convene not less than twice a year, or more frequently
as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
"(b) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ANTIMICROBIAL
DRUGS AND DL\GNOSTICS.— The Secretary and the Director of Agricultural Research Services, consistent with the recommendations
of the task force established under subsection (a), shall conduct
and support research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations,
and studies in the health sciences that are related to—
"(1) the development of new therapeutics, including vaccines and antimicrobials, against resistant pathogens;
"(2) the development or testing of medical diagnostics to
detect pathogens resistant to antimicrobials;
" (3) the epidemiology, mechanisms, and pathogenesis of
antimicrobial resistance;
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