3.0.0 4542 2023-01-11T13:44:47Z 2023-01-11T13:44:47Z Senate S 2020-09-09 116 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-09-09T17:21:25Z 2020-09-09 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-09-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland N Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Health programs administration and funding Immunology and vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases Manufacturing Trade restrictions Health 00 2020-09-09 Introduced in Senate 2020-10-21T19:24:00Z America First Vaccine Act

This bill prohibits a U.S.-headquartered manufacturer of a COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) vaccine that was developed with federal pandemic relief funding from distributing it outside of the United States, unless the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) certifies that domestic need for the vaccine already has been met.

However, HHS may waive the certification requirement and permit distribution outside of the United States if HHS makes a determination that such distribution would be in the interest of U.S. public health.

A manufacturer that violates the requirement must reimburse the federal government for all amounts received by the manufacturer in support of development of the vaccine, plus interest.

]]> America First Vaccine Act Display Title America First Vaccine Act Short Title(s) as Introduced America First Vaccine Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit distribution abroad of COVID-19 vaccines developed with the support of Federal funding until the domestic need for the vaccine has been met. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4542is/xml/BILLS-116s4542is.xml 2020-09-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 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.