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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 936 
To direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist States and 
local governments with the distribution and tracking of vaccines for 
COVID–19, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
carry out a national program to oversee the collection and maintenance 
of all Federal and State data on vaccinations of individuals in the 
United States for COVID–19 to achieve mass vaccination saturation 
immunity, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 8, 2021 
Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. BROWN, and Mr. JONES) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
assist States and local governments with the distribution 
and tracking of vaccines for COVID–19, to direct the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out 
a national program to oversee the collection and mainte-
nance of all Federal and State data on vaccinations 
of individuals in the United States for COVID–19 to 
achieve mass vaccination saturation immunity, and for 
other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Delivering COVID– 
19 Vaccinations to All Regions and Vulnerable Commu-
nities Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘COVID–19 Delivery Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FEMA ASSISTANCE FOR COVID–19 VACCINATIONS. 
In the assistance to State and local governments, the 
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency shall— 
(1) coordinate efforts for vaccine delivery, in-
cluding from manufacturing sites to inoculation 
sites; 
(2) monitor shipments of vaccines through a 
24-hour tracking system, including readings on the 
temperature, real-time location, origin, destination 
data, anticipated time of arrival, and report to re-
cipients on changes and updates on the progress of 
their delivery shipments and any changes that may 
impact expected delivery or the viability of the vac-
cine while in transit; 
(3) develop an advanced communication system 
to allow the Department of Health and Human 
Services and public health departments to commu-
nicate and share information about vaccine readi-
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ness, capability of receiving vaccines, delivery loca-
tions, details of facility capability of storing and se-
curing vaccines, personnel authorized to receive de-
liveries, logistics for delivering vaccines to patients, 
report on vaccine receipts, condition of vaccines, pa-
tient reactions, and feedback on how to improve the 
process; 
(4) secure transportation for delivery or use of 
vaccines, and if requested, security for the vaccine 
delivery sites or inoculation locations to ensure the 
life and safety of personnel and patients who seek to 
provide or receive vaccinations free of interference or 
threat; 
(5) design custom software applications (Apps) 
with the Department of Health and Human Services 
for use by public health agencies and any company 
or person administering vaccines to provide informa-
tion to patients on the vaccine being received, the 
date of a second dose and the location of the dose 
if required, including generating a token that cor-
responds to an individual’s vaccination record to en-
sure that the right vaccine is administered and if a 
second inoculation is required and to ensure that an 
individual is not vaccinated with different vaccines, 
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and any additional information that may be perti-
nent in the future; 
(6) develop a public education and patient en-
gagement program about the safety and availability 
of vaccines that also ensures that individuals in 
areas and locations where vulnerable populations 
often do not have easy access to health care or vac-
cinations are informed about vaccine availability; 
and 
(7) acting through the Department of Health 
and Human Services, provide additional vaccination 
centers, in addition to State and local government 
sites, to augment vaccinations occurring within such 
States and local governments to address access to 
at-risk communities when vaccination rates are 
below 80 percent for a population residing with in 
a census block or track that is experiencing a great-
er incidence of serious complications, such as hos-
pitalizations and deaths that are above the propor-
tional representation of the at-risk group when com-
pared to the general population, establishing the 
need for a targeted vaccination effort to reduce the 
incidence of infections for those individuals at great-
est risk for hospitalizations and death from COVID– 
19. 
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SEC. 3. CDC REQUIREMENTS. 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall 
track the dissemination of inoculations and report on effi-
ciencies, effectiveness, or deficiencies of local and state 
COVID–19 vaccination programs, including the avail-
ability of certified individuals under Federal, State or ter-
ritorial authority to administer a vaccination under State 
law, and report to Congressional oversight committees in 
the House of Representatives and the Senate on findings 
and recommendations. 
SEC. 4. HHS MANAGEMENT OF COVID–19 VACCINATION 
DATA TO ACHIEVE MASS VACCINATION SATU-
RATION IMMUNITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall carry out a national program to oversee the 
collection and maintenance of all Federal and State data 
on vaccinations of individuals in the United States for 
COVID–19, including tracking booster vaccinations, to 
achieve mass vaccination saturation immunity. 
(b) APPLICABLE PRIVACY LAW; PENALTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall main-
tain data on vaccinations for COVID–19 in accord-
ance with all applicable privacy and security law, in-
cluding HIPAA privacy and security law (as defined 
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