,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cjii  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bj1     
#bjah,ms4 ,warren 7for herself1 ,mrs4   
,gillibrand1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 and ,mr4 
,blumenthal7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to require the review of       
durations of use of approved indications
 of medically-important antibiotics     
labeled for use in animals4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,strengthening ,antibiotic ,oversight   
,act4  #b4 ,review of antibiotic        
duration of use  7a7 ,in general ,not   
later than #f months after the date of  
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services         
7referred to in this section as the     
,secretary7 shall review the durations  
of use of approved indications of       
medically-important antibiotics labeled 
for use in animals4 ,after such review1 

the ,secretary shall require the sponsor
 of any such medically-important        
antibiotic drug with an approved        
indication with a duration of use in    
animals that exceeds #ba days to submit 
data1 within one year of such review1 to
 support such duration over #ba days4   
,if1 after review of the data submitted1
 the ,secretary determines that the     
duration is not scientifically justified
 or the disease can be prevented or     
treated through other reasonable means  
after #ba days of treatment with such   
antibiotic drug1 the ,secretary shall   
withdraw the approval of the indication 
with a duration of use over #ba days1   
and issue an approval of a new          
indication with a                       
scientifically-justified duration of use
 that is #ba days or shorter4  7b7      
,process for the review of animal drug  
applications ,section #gci7h7 7#ba      
,u4,s4,c4 #cgi;j-#aa7h77 is amended by  
adding at the end the following3  7,i7  
,review of approved durations of use of 

medically-important antibiotics in      
accordance with section #b7;a7 of the   
,strengthening ,antibiotic ,oversight   
,act4  4  #c4 ,use of animal drug user  
fees ,section #gci7h7 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4    
#cgi;j-#aa7h771 as amended by section   
#b1 is further amended by adding at the 
end the following3  7,j7 ,inspection of 
veterinary feed directives and feed     
distribution reports maintained under   
section #eeh4f7;c7 of title #ba1 ,code  
of ,federal ,regulations 7or any        
successor regulations7 to identify      
amounts of antibiotics used in such     
feed1 the purposes for the use of such  
antibiotics1 and the species and        
production classes receiving such feed1 
which may be done in collaboration with 
the ,department of ,agriculture1 and    
reporting of such information to        
,congress4  4