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[H.R. 951 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 129
117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 951

                          [Report No. 117-179]

  To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a 
 national campaign to increase awareness of the importance of maternal 
vaccinations for the health of pregnant and postpartum individuals and 
                their children, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 2021

  Ms. Sewell (for herself, Ms. Underwood, Ms. Adams, Mr. Khanna, Ms. 
   Velazquez, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. 
Lawson of Florida, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, 
   Ms. Strickland, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
 Horsford, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Payne, 
   Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Soto, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Trone, Ms. 
Clarke of New York, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Bass, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Evans, 
 Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Jones, Mr. Cohen, Ms. 
Roybal-Allard, Ms. Speier, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Carson, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
    David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Norton, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Williams of 
   Georgia, and Mr. Cooper) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

                           November 30, 2021

 Additional sponsors: Mrs. Axne, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Bera, Mr. 
Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Schrader, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mrs. Carolyn B. 
                   Maloney of New York, and Mr. Ruiz

                           November 30, 2021

  Reported with an amendment; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           February 8, 2021]

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a 
 national campaign to increase awareness of the importance of maternal 
vaccinations for the health of pregnant and postpartum individuals and 
                their children, 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 ``Maternal Vaccination Act''.

SEC. 2. MATERNAL VACCINATION AWARENESS AND EQUITY CAMPAIGN.

    (a) Campaign.--Section 313 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 245) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``and among pregnant 
        and postpartum individuals,'' after ``low rates of 
        vaccination,'';
            (2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ``prenatal and 
        pediatric'' and inserting ``prenatal, obstetric, and 
        pediatric'';
            (3) in subsection (d)(4)(B), by inserting ``pregnant and 
        postpartum individuals and'' after ``including''; and
            (4) in subsection (g), by striking the dollar amount and 
        inserting ``$17,000,000''.
    (b) Additional Activities.--Section 317(k)(1)(E) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b(k)(1)(E)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (v), by striking ``and'' at the end; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following clause:
                    ``(vii) increase vaccination rates of pregnant and 
                postpartum individuals, including individuals from 
                racial and ethnic minority groups, and their children; 
                and''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 129

117th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 951

                          [Report No. 117-179]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a 
 national campaign to increase awareness of the importance of maternal 
vaccinations for the health of pregnant and postpartum individuals and 
                their children, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           November 30, 2021

  Reported with an amendment; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed