SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Saving Us from Pan-
demic Era Resistance by Building a Unified Global Strat-
egy Act of 2022’’ or the ‘‘SUPER BUGS Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF 
QUALIFIED PANDEMIC OR EPIDEMIC PROD-
UCTS. 
(a) STRATEGY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of State, shall— 
(A) formulate a strategy for the Federal 
Government to secure support from foreign 
countries, multilateral organizations, and other 
appropriate entities to facilitate the develop-
ment and commercialization of qualified pan-
demic or epidemic products, including such 
products to address antimicrobial resistant 
pathogens— 
(i) with pandemic potential; or 
(ii) that are priority pathogens; and 
(B) submit such strategy to the appro-
priate committees of Congress. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The strategy under paragraph 
(1) shall— 
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(A) provide for the process the Federal 
Government would use to enter into arrange-
ments with foreign countries, multilateral orga-
nizations, and other appropriate entities in cer-
tain circumstances; 
(B) strive to secure equitable contributions 
among participating countries, organizations, 
and entities; 
(C) focus on global priorities but allow par-
ticipating countries, organizations, and entities 
to emphasize national or regional issues of im-
portance; 
(D) seek to ensure such arrangements are 
harmonized with each other and with other rel-
evant arrangements to prevent duplication of 
effort and to efficiently distribute funds; 
(E) provide for collaboration so as to allo-
cate joint or individual responsibility across 
participating countries, organizations, and enti-
ties for the development and commercialization 
of particular qualified pandemic or epidemic 
products, where such collaboration is spelled 
out beforehand in such arrangements; 
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(F) provide for the stewardship of qualified 
pandemic or epidemic products developed pur-
suant to the strategy; 
(G) define criteria so that scarce funds are 
allocated to advance qualified pandemic or epi-
demic products that can achieve the greatest 
positive impact on human health, including un-
precedented approaches to preventing, treating, 
and diagnosing infectious diseases; 
(H) consider approaches including securing 
contracts with the private sector, entering into 
public-private partnerships, implementing alter-
native payment models, and streamlining regu-
latory approval processes; and 
(I) be synchronized with United States 
pandemic preparedness priorities, such as the 
U.S. National Action Plan for Combating Anti-
biotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB). 
(b) ARRANGEMENTS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES 
AND MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS.—The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of State, shall seek to enter into arrangements with 
foreign countries, multilateral organizations, and other ap-
propriate entities to implement the strategy under sub-
section (a). 
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(c) DEFINITION.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘priority pathogens’’ means 
pathogens identified in the latest Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention Antimicrobial Threats 
Report, the World Health Organization Global Pri-
ority Pathogens List, or a successor report or list. 
(2) The term ‘‘qualified pandemic or epidemic 
product’’ has the meaning given to such term in sec-
tion 319F–3 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d–6b). 
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