[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1638 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1638

To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the maximum limit on 
  the number of special masters allowed in the United States Court of 
                Federal Claims, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 23 (legislative day, May 22), 2019

Mr. Casey (for himself and Mr. Isakson) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the maximum limit on 
  the number of special masters allowed in the United States Court of 
                Federal Claims, 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 ``National Vaccine Injury Compensation 
Program Improvement Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM LIMIT ON NUMBER OF SPECIAL MASTERS ALLOWED 
              IN UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS.

    Section 2112(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300aa-12(c)(1)) is amended by striking ``not more than 8 special 
masters'' and inserting ``not more than 16 special masters''.
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