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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1166 

To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report 

on the public health mitigation messaging and guidance of the Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 17, 2023 

Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. DAINES, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. 

BRAUN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To require the Comptroller General of the United States 

to submit a report on the public health mitigation messaging and guidance of the Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restore Public Health 

5 Institution Trust Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORT ON CDC PUBLIC HEALTH MITIGATION MES2 SAGING AND GUIDANCE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

4 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

5 of the United States shall submit to the appropriate com6 mittees of Congress a report on the public health mitiga7 tion messaging, decision making, and guidance of the Cen8 ters for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in 

9 this section as the ‘‘CDC’’). Such report shall— 

10 (1) consider— 

11 (A) the data being used by the CDC to 

12 make recommendations; 

13 (B) the impact that inconsistent messaging 

14 has had on— 

15 (i) the level of trust Americans have 

16 in the CDC; and 

17 (ii) the willingness of Americans to 

18 follow CDC guidance, including with re19 spect to COVID–19 vaccine uptake; 

20 (C) the impact that inconsistent messaging 

21 with regard to the efficacy of COVID–19 vac22 cines and Federal mandates for receiving such 

23 vaccines has had on attitudes about immuniza24 tion, both in general and specifically for— 

25 (i) the school-age population; and 


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1 (ii) vaccines on the recommended im2 munization schedules for children, adoles3 cents, and adults of the Advisory Com4 mittee on Immunization Practices of the 

5 CDC; and 

6 (D) the degree to which outside entities 

7 (such as teachers unions) were in a position to 

8 impact recommendations made by the CDC; 

9 and 

10 (2) contain recommendations to improve the ap11 proach of the CDC relating to messaging, decision 

12 making, and the issuance of guidance in the future. 

13 (b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro14 priate committees of Congress’’ means— 

15 (1) the Committee on Health, Education, 

16 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 

17 (2) the Committee on Small Business of the 

18 Senate; 

19 (3) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

20 Senate; 

21 (4) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

22 Transportation of the Senate; 

23 (5) the Committee on Education and Workforce 

24 of the House of Representatives; 


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1 (6) the Committee on Small Business of the 

2 House of Representatives; 

3 (7) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

4 House of Representatives; and 

5 (8) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 

6 the House of Representatives. 

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