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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1305 

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation 

with the Secretary of State, to formulate a strategy for the Federal 

Government to secure support from foreign countries, multilateral organizations, and other appropriate entities to facilitate the development and 

commercialization of qualified pandemic or epidemic products, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 1, 2023 

Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. MCGOVERN, and Mr. AMODEI) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 

in consultation with the Secretary of State, to formulate 

a strategy for the Federal Government to secure support 

from foreign countries, multilateral organizations, and 

other appropriate entities to facilitate the development 

and commercialization of qualified pandemic or epidemic 

products, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Saving Us from Pan3 demic Era Resistance by Building a Unified Global Strat4 egy Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘SUPER BUGS Act of 2023’’. 

5 SEC. 2. INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF 

6 QUALIFIED PANDEMIC OR EPIDEMIC PROD7 UCTS. 

8 (a) STRATEGY.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 

10 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec11 retary of Health and Human Services, in consulta12 tion with the Secretary of State, shall— 

13 (A) formulate a strategy for the Federal 

14 Government to secure support from foreign 

15 countries, multilateral organizations, and other 

16 appropriate entities to facilitate the develop17 ment and commercialization of qualified pan18 demic or epidemic products, including such 

19 products to address antimicrobial resistant 

20 pathogens— 

21 (i) with pandemic potential; or 

22 (ii) that are priority pathogens; and 

23 (B) submit such strategy to the appro24 priate committees of Congress. 

25 (2) CONTENTS.—The strategy under paragraph 

26 (1) shall— 


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1 (A) provide for the process the Federal 

2 Government would use to enter into arrange3 ments with foreign countries, multilateral orga4 nizations, and other appropriate entities in cer5 tain circumstances; 

6 (B) strive to secure equitable contributions 

7 among participating countries, organizations, 

8 and entities; 

9 (C) focus on global priorities but allow par10 ticipating countries, organizations, and entities 

11 to emphasize national or regional issues of im12 portance; 

13 (D) seek to ensure such arrangements are 

14 harmonized with each other and with other rel15 evant arrangements to prevent duplication of 

16 effort and to efficiently distribute funds; 

17 (E) provide for collaboration so as to allo18 cate joint or individual responsibility across 

19 participating countries, organizations, and enti20 ties for the development and commercialization 

21 of particular qualified pandemic or epidemic 

22 products, where such collaboration is spelled 

23 out beforehand in such arrangements; 


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1 (F) provide for the stewardship of qualified 

2 pandemic or epidemic products developed pur3 suant to the strategy; 

4 (G) define criteria so that scarce funds are 

5 allocated to advance qualified pandemic or epi6 demic products that can achieve the greatest 

7 positive impact on human health, including un8 precedented approaches to preventing, treating, 

9 and diagnosing infectious diseases; 

10 (H) consider approaches including securing 

11 contracts with the private sector, entering into 

12 public-private partnerships, implementing alter13 native payment models, and streamlining regu14 latory approval processes; and 

15 (I) be synchronized with United States 

16 pandemic preparedness priorities, such as the 

17 U.S. National Action Plan for Combating Anti18 biotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB). 

19 (b) ARRANGEMENTS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES

20 AND MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS.—The Secretary of 

21 Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Sec22 retary of State, shall seek to enter into arrangements with 

23 foreign countries, multilateral organizations, and other ap24 propriate entities to implement the strategy under sub25 section (a). 


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1 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section: 

2 (1) The term ‘‘priority pathogens’’ means 

3 pathogens identified in the latest Centers for Dis4 ease Control and Prevention Antimicrobial Threats 

5 Report, the World Health Organization Global Pri6 ority Pathogens List, or a successor report or list. 

7 (2) The term ‘‘qualified pandemic or epidemic 

8 product’’ has the meaning given to such term in sec9 tion 319F–3 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

10 U.S.C. 247d–6b). 

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