[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3348 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3348

    To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to maternal 
       vaccination awareness and equity, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 2023

 Ms. Sewell (for herself, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Allred, Ms. 
Barragan, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Blunt 
  Rochester, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Bush, Ms. Caraveo, Mr. 
     Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mrs. Cherfilus-
 McCormick, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Craig, 
     Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Kuster, Ms. Lee of 
  California, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. McBath, Mrs. McClellan, Ms. 
 McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Morelle, 
   Mr. Moulton, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Mullin, Mrs. 
 Napolitano, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
Phillips, Ms. Porter, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Salinas, Ms. 
 Scanlon, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Scholten, Mr. David Scott of 
    Georgia, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Soto, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. 
 Stansbury, Ms. Strickland, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Takano, Ms. Crockett, Mr. 
     Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. Escobar, Mr. 
Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Garcia of Texas, 
 Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Green of Texas, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Horsford, 
 Mr. Huffman, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. 
Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. 
 Tonko, Mrs. Torres of California, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Trone, Mr. Vargas, 
Mr. Veasey, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, 
Ms. Wexton, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. DelBene, and Mr. 
    Lynch) 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 with respect to maternal 
       vaccination awareness and equity, 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 ``$15,000,000 for each 
        of fiscal years 2021 through 2025'' and inserting ``$17,000,000 
        for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028''.
    (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:
                            ``(vii) increase vaccination rates of 
                        pregnant and postpartum individuals, including 
                        individuals from racial and ethnic minority 
                        groups, and their children; and''.
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