TITLE: Urging Congress to repeal the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986.

SUMMARY: Urging Congress to repeal the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 has allowed vaccine manufacturers to operate with impunity, shielded from accountability, while American taxpayers ultimately pay the price for injuries caused by their products; and WHEREAS, The NCVIA has shielded vaccine manufacturers from any and all liability for injuries and deaths resulting from the use of their products; and WHEREAS, Enacted on November 14, 1986, the NCVIA has prevented millions of vaccine-injured individuals from having their claims heard by a jury of their peers and has denied them their state and federal constitutional rights of due process; and WHEREAS, The NCVIA has caused disparities between vaccine research, other forms of medical research, and the testing of medical drugs; knowing that they are shielded from claims of vaccine injury and death, vaccine manufacturers have no incentive to test their products as rigorously as do manufacturers of other medical drugs; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas respectfully urge the United States Congress to repeal the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986; and, be it further RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.