119 HR 87 IH: Protecting Our Children from the CDC Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-01-03 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 87IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJanuary 3, 2025Mr. Biggs of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Protecting Our Children from the CDC Act.

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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:

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Posting of all clinical data for COVID–19 vaccines before placement on child and adolescent schedule

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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

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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).

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