[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 201 (Thursday, November 18, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8495-S8496]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4807. 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 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.--
       (1) In general.--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 prerequisites for the collection of unused and 
     unexpired doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States 
     and for the distribution of such doses to foreign countries 
     and economies.
       (2) Matters studied.--The matters studied by the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services under paragraph (1) shall 
     include--
       (A) options for the collection of unused and unexpired 
     doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from entities in the United 
     States;
       (B) methods for the collection and shipment of such doses 
     to foreign countries and economies;
       (C) methods for ensuring the appropriate storage and 
     handling of such doses during and following the distribution 
     and delivery of the doses to such countries and economies;
       (D) the capacity and capability of foreign countries and 
     economies receiving such doses to distribute and administer 
     the doses while assuring their safety and quality;
       (E) the minimum supply of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine 
     necessary to be retained within the United States; and
       (F) other Federal agencies with which the heads of the 
     relevant agencies should coordinate to accomplish the tasks 
     described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) and the degree of 
     coordination necessary between such agencies.

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       (b) Report Required.--Not later than 180 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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