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Protecting Our Children from the CDC Act
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from placing any vaccine for COVID-19 on the child and adolescent immunization schedule unless the Secretary has posted on the public website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention all clinical data in the possession of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to the safety and efficacy of such vaccine, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to post all clinical data on the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines on the CDC website before placing any COVID-19 vaccine on the child and adolescent immunization schedule. Any COVID-19 vaccines currently on the child and adolescent immunization schedule as of the bill's enactment are automatically removed. The posted data must be deidentified to protect individual health information. The Secretary may place COVID-19 vaccines back on the schedule if all clinical data has been posted as required by the bill.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Andy Biggs’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- SAULSBURY INDUSTRIES $9,900
- 21ST CENTURY HEALTHCARE $7,500
- ULINE $6,600
- TW LEWIS COMPANY $6,600
- LEE BENSON $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Andy Biggs → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jan 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Jan 3, 2025 Introduced in House
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Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.
Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2025
Mr. Biggs of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from placing any vaccine for COVID-19 on the child and adolescent immunization schedule unless the Secretary has posted on the public website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention all clinical data in the possession of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to the safety and efficacy of such vaccine, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Protecting Our Children from the CDC Act”.
SEC. 2. POSTING OF ALL CLINICAL DATA FOR COVID-19 VACCINES BEFORE PLACEMENT ON CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SCHEDULE.
Part C of subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300aa-25 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“SEC. 2129. POSTING OF ALL CLINICAL DATA FOR COVID-19 VACCINES BEFORE PLACEMENT ON CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SCHEDULE.
“(a) No Inclusion of COVID Vaccines.—The Secretary, and any official, agency, or office of the Department of Health and Human Services (including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices), shall not include any vaccine for COVID-19 on the child and adolescent immunization schedule unless the Secretary has posted on the public website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention all clinical data in the possession of the Department of Health and Human Services (including the Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices) relating to the safety and efficacy (including any adverse effects) of such vaccine. All such data posted under this subsection shall be deidentified to protect all individually identifiable health information, and information with respect to the agency and sponsor personnel of the data involved.
“(b) Vaccines Already on Schedule as of Enactment.—
“(1) Removal.—Any vaccine for COVID-19 that is included on the child and adolescent immunization schedule as of the date of enactment of this section is hereby deemed to be removed from such schedule.
“(2) Administrative action.—The Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary to effectuate the removal of a vaccine from the child and adolescent immunization schedule by operation of paragraph (1).
“(3) Rule of construction.—The removal of a vaccine from the child and adolescent immunization schedule by operation of paragraph (1) shall not be construed to affect the authority of the Secretary (or other officials, agencies, or offices) to place such vaccine back on such schedule so long as such placement is in accordance with subsection (a) and other applicable provisions of law.
“(c) Definition.—In this section, the term ‘child and adolescent immunization schedule’ means the child and adolescent immunization schedule of the Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices (or any successor schedule).”. <all>
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