Title: Expressing support for frontline workers, residents of long-term care facilities, individuals with preexisting conditions, and K-12 educators to receive priority access to a COVID-19 vaccine.
Policy area: Health

Summary:
This resolution encourages efforts to give priority access to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines to frontline workers, residents of long-term care facilities, individuals with preexisting health conditions, and teachers.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1249 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1249

 Expressing support for frontline workers, residents of long-term care 
facilities, individuals with preexisting conditions, and K-12 educators 
           to receive priority access to a COVID-19 vaccine.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 3, 2020

   Mr. Walberg (for himself and Ms. Stevens) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing support for frontline workers, residents of long-term care 
facilities, individuals with preexisting conditions, and K-12 educators 
           to receive priority access to a COVID-19 vaccine.

Whereas during a global pandemic that has claimed the lives of over a million 
        individuals, certain sectors of the population are at a higher risk due 
        to underlying health complications or disproportionate exposure to 
        COVID-19;
Whereas COVID-19 has taken the lives of senior citizens, especially those living 
        in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, at a disproportionate 
        rate;
Whereas we have called on our frontline workers to serve their country during 
        this pandemic, putting themselves at greater risk of exposure to COVID-
        19;
Whereas frontline workers have answered this call and carried out their critical 
        missions to protect the health and safety of our communities and to 
        minimize the disruption that COVID-19 has caused to our daily lives;
Whereas doctors, nurses, home care and domestic workers, and other medical 
        professionals have put themselves in harm's way to care for their 
        patients, COVID-19 or otherwise;
Whereas critical infrastructure workers have continued to meet their existing 
        responsibilities to maintain safety and public health while overcoming 
        staggering new challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic;
Whereas the health and safety of the Nation's K-12 public and private school 
        educators are vital to the education and development of students, which 
        is foundational to the continued prosperity and strength of the United 
        States; and
Whereas in-person learning allows students to develop knowledge, problem-solving 
        and critical social and emotional skills: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) applauds the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
        and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in their 
        efforts to give priority access to frontline workers and 
        residents of long-term care facilities; and
            (2) urges State Governors and local jurisdictions to work 
        with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 
        developing plans that will prioritize access to a COVID-19 
        vaccine to frontline workers, residents of long-term care 
        facilities, individuals with preexisting conditions, and the 
        Nation's K-12 educators.
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