Notice2026-09987
Meeting of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
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Published
May 19, 2026
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Health and Human Services Department
Abstract
As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice that a virtual meeting is scheduled to be held for the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB); the main focus of the meeting is to solicit feedback from council members on the 2026-2031 National Action Plan on Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria. The meeting will be open to the public as a live streamed event on hhs.gov/live. Written public comments will be accepted prior to the meeting until close of business on Friday, June 19, 2026. All members of the public who wish to provide public comment must do so by submitting written public comment to CARB@hhs.gov. Additional information about the meeting can be obtained at http:// www.hhs.gov/paccarb.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 29146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09987]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Meeting of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
AGENCY: Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the Secretary, Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice; 27th Public Meeting of the Presidential Advisory
Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria.
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SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice
that a virtual meeting is scheduled to be held for the Presidential
Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB);
the main focus of the meeting is to solicit feedback from council
members on the 2026-2031 National Action Plan on Combating Antibiotic
Resistant Bacteria. The meeting will be open to the public as a live
streamed event on <a href="http://hhs.gov/live">hhs.gov/live</a>. Written public comments will be
accepted prior to the meeting until close of business on Friday, June
19, 2026. All members of the public who wish to provide public comment
must do so by submitting written public comment to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0e3e1f2e2e0c8c8d38ec7cfd6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cd8e8c9f8f8da5a5bee3aaa2bb">[email protected]</span></a>.
Additional information about the meeting can be obtained at <a href="http://www.hhs.gov/paccarb">http://www.hhs.gov/paccarb</a>.
DATES: The meeting is scheduled to be held on January 16, 2026, from
12:30 to 3:30 ET (times are tentative and subject to change). The
confirmed times and agenda items for the meeting will be posted on the
website for the PACCARB at <a href="http://www.hhs.gov/paccarb">http://www.hhs.gov/paccarb</a> when this
information becomes available.
The meeting will be live streamed and can be accessed through a
live webcast on the day of the meeting at <a href="http://hhs.gov/live">hhs.gov/live</a>. Additional
information on this meeting will be posted at least one week prior to
the meeting at: <a href="http://www.hhs.gov/paccarb">http://www.hhs.gov/paccarb</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Mcclelland, M.P.H., Designated
Federal Officer, Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-
Resistant Bacteria, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b0f3f1e2f2f0d8d8c39ed7dfc6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7d3e3c2f3f3d15150e531a120b">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Presidential Advisory Council on
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB), established by
Executive Order 13676, is continued by Section 505 of Public Law 116-
22, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation
Act of 2019 (PAHPAIA). Activities and duties of the PACCARB are
governed by the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), which sets forth
standards for the formation and use of federal advisory committees.
The PACCARB shall advise and provide information and
recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(Secretary) regarding programs and policies intended to reduce or
combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria that may present a public health
threat and improve capabilities to prevent, diagnose, mitigate, or
treat such resistance. The PACCARB shall function solely for advisory
purposes.
Such advice, information, and recommendations may be related to
improving: the effectiveness of antibiotics; research and advanced
research on, and the development of, improved and innovative methods
for combating or reducing antibiotic resistance, including new
treatments, rapid point-of-care diagnostics, alternatives to
antibiotics, including alternatives to animal antibiotics, and
antimicrobial stewardship activities; surveillance of antibiotic-
resistant bacterial infections, including publicly available and up-to-
date information on resistance to antibiotics; education for health
care providers and the public with respect to up-to-date information on
antibiotic resistance and ways to reduce or combat such resistance to
antibiotics related to humans and animals; methods to prevent or reduce
the transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections;
including stewardship programs; and coordination with respect to
international efforts in order to inform and advance the United States
capabilities to combat antibiotic resistance.
The focus of the June 16, 2026, meeting is to provide input and
information to the federal, Inter-Agency Combating Antibiotic-Resistant
Bacteria Task Force (Task Force) as they develop the next five-year
iteration of the CARB National Action Plan 2026-2031. The meeting will
be discussion based, as the council members will respond to and
deliberate on specific questions from the Task Force on each goal of
the CARB National Action Plan.
Members of the public are invited to written provide comment,
especially on the next iteration of the CARB National Action Plan. The
deadline for submitting written public comment will be extended and
remain open until close of business on Friday, June 19, 2026. All
written public comment must be submitted to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d69597849496bebea5f8b1b9a0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6724263525270f0f1449000811">[email protected]</span></a>. The meeting
agenda will be posted on the PACCARB website at <a href="http://www.hhs.gov/paccarb">http://www.hhs.gov/paccarb</a> when it has been finalized. All agenda items are tentative and
subject to change. Instructions regarding attending the meeting
virtually will be posted at least one week prior to the meeting at:
<a href="http://www.hhs.gov/paccarb">http://www.hhs.gov/paccarb</a>. All public comments received via email
prior to close of business on Friday, June 19, 2026 will be provided to
the PACCARB and Task Force members.
Dated: May 14, 2026.
Sarah Mcclelland,
Designated Federal Officer, Presidential Advisory Council on Combating
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Health.
[FR Doc. 2026-09987 Filed 5-18-26; 8:45 am]
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