US SB1654 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 23 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 23 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Modifies the excise tax on certain vaccines to (1) automatically impose the tax on vaccines that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) adds to the Vaccine Injury Table, and (2) require HHS to notify the Department of the Treasury and Congress when new vaccines are added to the table. (The excise tax funds the National Vaccine Injury Program, which compensates people who have been injured by vaccines listed on the table.)
Title
Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2019
Sponsors
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA] | Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA] | Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ] | Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH] |
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD] | Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA] | Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-05-23 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Same As/Similar To
HB1973 (Same As) 2019-03-28 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1654/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1654/BILLS-116s1654is.pdf |