[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8096-S8097]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4570. Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. Cassidy, and Ms. Warren) 
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

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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. STUDY AND REPORT ON THE REDISTRIBUTION OF COVID-19 
                   VACCINE DOSES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE EXPIRE TO 
                   FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND ECONOMIES.

       (a) Study.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State and the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development, shall conduct a study to identify and analyze 
     the logistical requirements necessary for the heads of the 
     relevant agencies--
       (1) to track the location of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine 
     in the United States that have been distributed by the 
     Government of the United States to--
       (A) a State;
       (B) a health care provider;
       (C) a pharmacy;
       (D) a clinic; or
       (E) any other health care facility;
       (2) to maintain a database of the locations and expiration 
     dates of such doses;
       (3) to determine the latest date prior to expiration that 
     such doses may--
       (A) be recovered and prepared for shipment to foreign 
     countries and economies; and
       (B) be safe and effective upon delivery to such countries 
     and economies;
       (4) to determine whether the supply of doses of the COVID-
     19 vaccine in the United States is sufficient to vaccinate 
     the citizens of the United States;
       (5) to distribute to foreign countries and economies doses 
     of the COVID-19 vaccine that as determined under paragraph 
     (3) will be safe and effective upon delivery to such 
     countries and economies;
       (6) to identify other Federal agencies with which the heads 
     of the relevant agencies should coordinate to accomplish the 
     tasks described in paragraphs (1) through (5); and
       (7) to determine the necessary scope of involvement of and 
     required coordination with the Federal agencies identified 
     under paragraph (6).
       (b) Report Required.--Not later than 120 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services, in consultation with the other heads of 
     the relevant agencies, shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report on the results of the study 
     conducted under subsection (a).
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Relevant agencies.--The term ``relevant agencies'' 
     means--
       (A) the Department of Health and Human Services;
       (B) the Department of State; and
       (C) the United States Agency for International Development.
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