Sec. 505. ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES FOR COMBATING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
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## SEC. 505 ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES FOR COMBATING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE **[**[42 U.S.C. 247d-5 note](/us/usc/t42/s247d-5)**]** ###
(a)Advisory Council The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”) may continue the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, referred to in this section as the “Advisory Council”. ###
(b)Duties The Advisory Council shall advise and provide information and recommendations to the Secretary regarding programs and policies intended to reduce or combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria that may present a public health threat and improve capabilities to prevent, diagnose, mitigate, or treat such resistance. Such advice, information, and recommendations may be related to improving— ####
(1)the effectiveness of antibiotics; ####
(2)research and advanced research on, and the development of, improved and innovative methods for combating or reducing antibiotic resistance, including new treatments, rapid point-of-care diagnostics, alternatives to antibiotics, including alternatives to animal antibiotics, and antimicrobial stewardship activities; ####
(3)surveillance of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, including publicly available and up-to-date information on resistance to antibiotics; ####
(4)education for health care providers and the public with respect to up-to-date information on antibiotic resistance and ways to reduce or combat such resistance to antibiotics related to humans and animals; ####
(5)methods to prevent or reduce the transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, including stewardship programs; and ####
(6)coordination with respect to international efforts in order to inform and advance United States capabilities to combat antibiotic resistance. ###
(c)Meetings and Coordination ####
(1)Meetings The Advisory Council shall meet not less than biannually and, to the extent practicable, in coordination with meetings of the Antimicrobial Resistance Task Force established in section 319E(a) of the Public Health Service Act. ####
(2)Coordination The Advisory Council shall, to the greatest extent practicable, coordinate activities carried out by the Council with the Antimicrobial Resistance Task Force established under section 319E(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-5(a)). ###
(d)FACA The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to the activities and duties of the Advisory Council. ###
(e)Extension of Advisory Council Not later than October 1, 2022, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a recommendation on whether the Advisory Council should be extended, and in addition, identify whether there are other committees, councils, or task forces that have overlapping or similar duties to that of the Advisory Council, and whether such committees, councils, or task forces should be combined, including with respect to section 319E(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-5(a)). # TITLE VI ADVANCING TECHNOLOGIES FOR MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES
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ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES FOR COMBATING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
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