[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1305]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4648. Ms. ALSOBROOKS submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory 
Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING VACCINES.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that, on March 16, 2025, a 
     District Court--
       (1) held, with respect to actions undertaken by Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., that the 
     ``reconstitution of the Advisory Committee on Immunization 
     Practices (ACIP) and the January 2026 changes to the 
     childhood immunization schedule violate the Administrative 
     Procedure Act'';
       (2) stayed guidance issued by the Department of Health and 
     Human Services revising the childhood immunization schedule 
     of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pursuant to 
     section 705 of title 5 United States Code;
       (3) stayed the appointments of the 13 members of the 
     Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices appointed on 
     June 11, 2025, September 11, 2025, and January 13, 2026; and
       (4) stayed all votes taken by the Advisory Committee on 
     Immunization Practices while such committee included the 
     members so appointed.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) vaccines are safe, effective, and save lives; and
       (2) as the District Court found in American Academy of 
     Pediatrics v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Department of 
     Health and Human Services disregarded procedural requirements 
     ``and thereby undermined the integrity of its actions'' in 
     upending the childhood vaccine schedule.
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