[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 193 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7749-S7750]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4262. Mr. MURPHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1064. GLOBAL COVID-19 VACCINE DISTRIBUTION AND DELIVERY.

       (a) Accelerating Global COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution 
     Strategy.--The Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
     International Development, the Director of the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention, the Chief Executive Officer 
     of the United States International Development Finance 
     Corporation, and the heads of other relevant Federal 
     departments and agencies, as determined by the President, 
     shall develop a strategy to expand access to, and accelerate 
     the global distribution of, COVID-19 vaccines to other 
     countries.
       (b) Contents.--The strategy developed pursuant to 
     subsection (a) shall--
       (1) describe how the United States Government will ensure 
     the efficient delivery and

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     administration of COVID-19 vaccines to United States citizens 
     residing overseas, including through the donation of vaccine 
     doses to United States embassies, consulates, and 
     international Department of Defense Outside Contiguous United 
     States sites, as appropriate; and
       (2) give priority for COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to--
       (A) countries in which United States citizens are deemed 
     ineligible or low priority in the national vaccination 
     deployment plan; and
       (B) countries that are not presently distributing a COVID-
     19 vaccine that--
       (i) has been approved by the United States Food and Drug 
     Administration for emergency use; or
       (ii) has met the necessary criteria for safety and efficacy 
     established by the World Health Organization.
       (c) Submission of Strategy.--Not later than 90 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
     shall submit the strategy developed pursuant to subsection 
     (a) to--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
       (3) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
       (4) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
     of the Senate;
       (5) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (6) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (7) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (8) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives.
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