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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5171 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services from placing any vaccine for COVID–19 on the 

child and adolescent immunization schedule unless the Secretary has 

posted on the public website of the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention all clinical data in the possession of the Department of 

Health and Human Services relating to the safety and efficacy of such 

vaccine, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 1, 2022 

Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. HAGERTY) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services from placing 

any vaccine for COVID–19 on the child and adolescent 

immunization schedule unless the Secretary has posted 

on the public website of the Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention all clinical data in the possession of the 

Department of Health and Human Services relating to 

the safety and efficacy of such vaccine, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Our Chil3 dren from the CDC Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. POSTING OF ALL CLINICAL DATA FOR COVID–19 

5 VACCINES BEFORE PLACEMENT ON CHILD 

6 AND ADOLESCENT SCHEDULE. 

7 Part C of subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public Health 

8 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300aa–25 et seq.) is amended by 

9 adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 2129. POSTING OF ALL CLINICAL DATA FOR COVID–19 

11 VACCINES BEFORE PLACEMENT ON CHILD 

12 AND ADOLESCENT SCHEDULE. 

13 ‘‘(a) NO INCLUSION OF COVID VACCINES.—The 

14 Secretary, and any official, agency, or office of the Depart15 ment of Health and Human Services (including the Cen16 ters for Disease Control and Prevention and the Advisory 

17 Committee of Immunization Practices), shall not include 

18 any vaccine for COVID–19 on the child and adolescent 

19 immunization schedule unless the Secretary has posted on 

20 the public website of the Centers for Disease Control and 

21 Prevention all clinical data in the possession of the De22 partment of Health and Human Services (including the 

23 Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices) relating 

24 to the safety and efficacy (including any adverse effects) 

25 of such vaccine. All such data posted under this subsection 

26 shall be deidentified to protect all individually identifiable 


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1 health information, and information with respect to the 

2 agency and sponsor personnel of the data involved. 

3 ‘‘(b) VACCINES ALREADY ON SCHEDULE AS OF EN4 ACTMENT.— 

5 ‘‘(1) REMOVAL.—Any vaccine for COVID–19 

6 that is included on the child and adolescent immuni7 zation schedule as of the date of enactment of this 

8 section is hereby deemed to be removed from such 

9 schedule. 

10 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION.—The Secretary 

11 shall take such actions as may be necessary to effec12 tuate the removal of a vaccine from the child and 

13 adolescent immunization schedule by operation of 

14 paragraph (1). 

15 ‘‘(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The removal 

16 of a vaccine from the child and adolescent immuni17 zation schedule by operation of paragraph (1) shall 

18 not be construed to affect the authority of the Sec19 retary (or other officials, agencies, or offices) to 

20 place such vaccine back on such schedule so long as 

21 such placement is in accordance with subsection (a) 

22 and other applicable provisions of law. 

23 ‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘child 

24 and adolescent immunization schedule’ means the child 

25 and adolescent immunization schedule of the Advisory 


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1 Committee of Immunization Practices (or any successor 

2 schedule).’’. 

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