The Executive Order signed by the President directs Federal departments and agencies to implement a new national strategy to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria and to address recommendations in a report by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
For more information on the Executive Order, go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/18/executive-order-combating-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria