S.Amdt. 940
What it does: Adds SEC. 121__. ANTIMICROBIAL DRUG USE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION GRANTS at the end of subtitle B of title XII
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)What it changes
1 change to S. 954 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 121__. ANTIMICROBIAL DRUG USE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION GRANTS at the end of subtitle B of title XII
Adds a sectionIn S. 954 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(b) Standards.--The Secretary shall ensure that the program described in subsection (a) meets any relevant standards established by the World Organization for Animal Health.
Inserted: SEC. 121__. ANTIMICROBIAL DRUG USE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION GRANTS.
Inserted: (a) In General.--The Secretary shall make available competitive research and education grants for the purpose of improving the knowledge and study of antimicrobial drug use in agriculture and antimicrobial resistance, including--
Inserted: (1) antimicrobial use practices in major food animal species and the correlation of the practices to antimicrobial resistance trends;
Inserted: (2) roles and associations that disease incidence and infection control have in antimicrobial use practices and trends;
Inserted: (3) development of better veterinary diagnostics, infection control, preventative practices, housing, or husbandry, or other techniques to reduce the need for antimicrobial drug use; and
Inserted: (4) identification of effective and scalable techniques that improve animal health and reduce antimicrobial drug use, including, at a minimum, genetics, diet, husbandry, and hygiene.
Inserted: (b) Administration.--Paragraphs (4), (7), (8), and (11)(B) of subsection (b) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i) shall apply with respect to the making of grants under this section.
Inserted: (c) Funding.--Of amounts made available to the Secretary in appropriations Acts for programs and purposes relating to the purposes of this section, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section such sums as the Secretary determines to be appropriate for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add the following:
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SA 940. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 954, to reauthorize agricultural programs through 2018; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 121__. ANTIMICROBIAL DRUG USE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION GRANTS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall make available competitive research and education grants for the purpose of improving the knowledge and study of antimicrobial drug use in agriculture and antimicrobial resistance, including--
(1) antimicrobial use practices in major food animal species and the correlation of the practices to antimicrobial resistance trends;
(2) roles and associations that disease incidence and infection control have in antimicrobial use practices and trends;
(3) development of better veterinary diagnostics, infection control, preventative practices, housing, or husbandry, or other techniques to reduce the need for antimicrobial drug use; and
(4) identification of effective and scalable techniques that improve animal health and reduce antimicrobial drug use, including, at a minimum, genetics, diet, husbandry, and hygiene.
(b) Administration.--Paragraphs (4), (7), (8), and (11)(B) of subsection (b) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i) shall apply with respect to the making of grants under this section.
(c) Funding.--Of amounts made available to the Secretary in appropriations Acts for programs and purposes relating to the purposes of this section, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section such sums as the Secretary determines to be appropriate for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.
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Senate amendment submitted
May 20, 2013