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Bill · 119th Congress · S 5237

Stop Superbugs Act

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Introduced 2026-08-04Topic: public health · health care

Summary

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This bill would require the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to award a competitive grant for the Antibiotic Resistance Leadership Group. The grant would support a clinical research network on antibiotic resistance. The network would focus on quickly recruiting clinical trial participants, doing recruitment outreach in community settings, pairing diagnostic and drug innovations during trials, and developing patient-reported outcomes in studies. The bill authorizes such sums as may be necessary to carry this out.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-08-04SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.refer
2026-08-04Introduced in Senateintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.