3.0.0 1422 2023-01-13T04:50:25Z 2023-01-13T04:50:25Z Senate S S 2005-07-19 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-07-19T16:25:26Z Mercury-Free Vaccines Act of 2005 109 881 HR 2005-03-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2005-07-19 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2005-07-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE N Health Administrative procedure Armed Forces and National Security Biological warfare Child health Communication in medicine Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Health and Human Services Drug adulteration Drug approvals Emergency Management Environmental Protection Families Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health education Influenza Law Licenses Mercury Pregnant women Public health Terrorism Vaccination Vaccines Women Health 00 2005-07-19 Introduced in Senate 2005-10-08T16:36:31Z Mercury-Free Vaccines Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem a banned mercury-containing vaccine to be adulterated. Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that a vaccine is a banned mercury-containing vaccine if one dose of the vaccine contains 1 or more micrograms of mercury in any form.

Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to declare that an actual or potential bioterrorist incident or other public health emergency makes the administration of such vaccines advisable for a specified period.

Requires the Secretary to prohibit the distribution of banned mercury-containing influenza vaccines that are approved as biological products to: (1) any child under the age of three years old (effective July 1, 2006); (2) pregnant women if the vaccine contains thimerosal (effective July 1, 2006); and (3) any child under the age of six (effective July 1, 2007).

Requires the Secretary to revise the vaccine information included with mercury-containing vaccines to include: (1) a statement that indicates the presence of mercury in the vaccine; (2) information on the availability of any mercury-free or mercury-reduced alternative vaccine and instructions on how to obtain such an alternative vaccine; and (3) a recommendation against administration of any mercury-containing vaccine to a pregnant woman.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) should disseminate, with any vaccine-related information, a recommendation against administration of any thimerosal-containing vaccine to a pregnant woman.

]]> Mercury-Free Vaccines Act of 2005 Display Title Mercury-Free Vaccines Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Mercury-Free Vaccines Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-07-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1422is/xml/BILLS-109s1422is.xml 2005-07-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.