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amounts awarded under this section for other
purposes, at the discretion of the State.
‘‘(3) VERIFICATION.—Prior to making a pay-
ment to a State under this subsection, the Secretary
shall, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, verify the accuracy of the
State report involved.
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘fully immunized’ means a 2 year old child that has
received four doses of DTP vaccine (diphtheria, tetanus,
pertussis), three doses of polio vaccine, and one dose of
MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine.
‘‘Part D—General Provisions
‘‘SEC. 2161. REPORT.
‘‘Not later than October 1, 1995, and biennially there-
after, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress a report concerning the costs,
efficiency, and effectiveness of procedures established to de-
liver vaccine to health care providers.
‘‘SEC. 2162. NATIONAL VACCINE PROGRAM.
‘‘The Secretary shall authorize a report to be prepared
by the National Academy of Sciences concerning the role
of the National Vaccine Program established under this title
in achieving progress towards the nationally established im-
munization goals for the year 2000, and recommendations
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with respect to the changes in such Program that would
facilitate greater progress towards achieving such goals.
‘‘SEC. 2163. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For purposes of this subtitle—
‘‘(1) 
HEALTH
CARE
PROVIDER.—The 
term
‘health care provider’, with respect to the administra-
tion of vaccines to children, means an entity that is
licensed or otherwise authorized for such administra-
tion under the law of the State in which the entity
administers the vaccine, subject to section 333(e).
‘‘(2) HEALTH CENTER.—The term ‘health center’
means—
‘‘(A) a federally-qualified health center, as
defined in section 1905(l)(2) of the Social Secu-
rity Act; or
‘‘(B) a public or nonprofit private entity
receiving Federal funds under—
‘‘(i) section 329, 330 or 340;
‘‘(ii) section 340A (relating to grants
for health services for residents of public
housing); or
‘‘(iii) section 501(a)(2) of the Social
Security Act (relating to special projects of
regional and national significance).
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‘‘(3) IMMUNIZATION.—The term ‘immunization’
means an immunization against a vaccine-prevent-
able disease.
‘‘(4) PARENT.—The term ‘parent’, with respect
to a child, means a legal guardian of the child.
‘‘(5) PEDIATRIC VACCINE.—The term ‘pediatric
vaccine’ means a vaccine included on the list estab-
lished under section 2141.
‘‘(6) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means the 50
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands,
Micronesia, the Northern Mariana Islands, and
Palau.’’.
(c) NATIONAL VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PRO-
GRAM AMENDMENTS.—
(1) AMENDMENT OF VACCINE INJURY TABLE.—
(A) ADDITION OF VACCINES.—Section 2114
(42 U.S.C. 300aa–14) is amended by adding at
the end thereof the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) ADDITION OF VACCINES TO TABLE.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Vaccine Injury table
contained in subsection (a) shall also include any rec-
ommended childhood vaccine included in the list pro-
mulgated by the Secretary under section 2141.