PASTEUR Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, PASTEUR Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Trade, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HE371D73D1BEA4CF5A7660B6E0369C4A4: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions To End Upsurging Resistance Act of 2026 or the PASTEUR Act of 2026.
- Section HEB2A3BBB7B254EB5B170E1F9BE485356: 2. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to ensure the availability of antimicrobials to— stimulate a new age of research, development, and market access to...
- Section HCFD697C9AA1145E3B18C56B12D746192: 3. Developing antimicrobial innovations Title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: XU.S....
- Section H83379A6F3ED045408D00568E262528E0: 399PP. Contract application, award, and implementation The Secretary may enter into contracts with sponsors of eligible antimicrobials for the purpose of...
- Section H06C2DA7195DF41F5AB100AC82EE7B326: 399PP–1. Critical need antimicrobial advisory group Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this part, the Secretary shall establish a Critical...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, PASTEUR Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Trade, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, PASTEUR Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …
Introduced in House
Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Langworthy, …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
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