[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 78 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 78

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the development 
  of a single vaccine to provide lifelong immunization against common 
                          childhood diseases.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

 Mr. Hoagland introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the development 
  of a single vaccine to provide lifelong immunization against common 
                          childhood diseases.

    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 ``Children's Vaccine Initiative 
Amendments Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) immunizations are effective in preventing illness in 
        and death of children;
            (2) for many parents and children, the number of visits to 
        a health care provider to be immunized to the degree 
        recommended is an impediment to receiving adequate protection;
            (3) to protect children against eight common childhood 
        diseases, medical professionals recommend a battery of 
        immunizations before age six;
            (4) the development of a single-dose, easy-to-administer 
        combined vaccine (known as the ``supervaccine'') is 
        scientifically promising; and
            (5) the Federal Government, in cooperation with worldwide 
        health organizations, should accelerate research to develop 
        such a vaccine.

SEC. 3. CHILDREN'S VACCINE INITIATIVE.

    Part A of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 281 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

                    ``children's vaccine initiative

    ``Sec. 404. (a) The Director of NIH, acting through the Directors 
of the appropriate national research institutes, shall carry out 
activities to develop a single-dose, multiple-antigen compound vaccine 
that can be easily administered to children under age six and provide 
lifelong immunization against common childhood diseases.
    ``(b) The goal of activities under subsection (a) shall be to 
develop and make available vaccines that require fewer contacts to 
deliver, that can be given early in life, that provide long lasting 
protection, that obviate refrigeration, needles and syringes, and that 
protect against a larger number of diseases.
    ``(c) In carrying out this section, the Director of NIH shall 
consult with the World Health Organization, the United Nations 
Children's Fund, and the United States Agency for International 
Development.
    ``(d) For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are 
authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, 
$20,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1996, and 
$30,000,000 for fiscal year 1997.''.

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