Title: Take Your Shot Act
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Take Your Shot Act
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to establish a national incentive program to award $1 million cash prizes to 100 eligible individuals who have received at least one COVID-19 vaccination. Prize money shall not be considered income for purposes of federal taxes.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3799 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3799

  To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to develop and administer a 
 national incentive program to provide prizes for qualified vaccinated 
                              individuals.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 8, 2021

  Ms. Titus introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Ways and Means, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to develop and administer a 
 national incentive program to provide prizes for qualified vaccinated 
                              individuals.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Take Your Shot Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish a 
national incentive program (in this section referred to as the 
``Program'') to provide 100 cash prizes to certain individuals who have 
received at least 1 COVID-19 vaccination approved by, or authorized for 
emergency use by, the Food and Drug Administration.
    (b) Effective Date.--The Secretary shall establish the Program not 
later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Eligibility for the Program.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), to be 
        eligible for a prize under the Program, an individual shall--
                    (A) be age 18 or older on the date of enactment of 
                this Act;
                    (B) have a valid--
                            (i) Social Security number; or
                            (ii) Individual Taxpayer Identification 
                        Number; and
                    (C) not have previously been selected as a winner 
                of a prize under this section.
            (2) Exceptions.--Federal elected officials and Cabinet 
        members are ineligible to receive a prize under the Program.
    (d) Selection of Prize Winners.--Of the individuals eligible to 
receive a prize under subsection (c), the Secretary shall select at 
random individuals to win a prize under this section, subject to the 
verification described in subsection (e)(1).
    (e) Awarding of Prizes.--
            (1) Verification.--The Secretary shall consult with the 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine whether 
        each individual selected under subsection (d) has received at 
        least 1 COVID-19 vaccination approved by, or authorized for 
        emergency use by, the Food and Drug Administration. The 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services shall confirm the 
        vaccination status of a winner of a prize under the Program. 
        The confirmation in the preceding sentence may be carried out 
        with the assistance of a State or local department of health, 
        if necessary. The Secretary shall verify each such individual 
        not later than 90 days after the establishment of the Program.
            (2) Award.--If the Secretary verifies the required 
        vaccination status of an individual selected under subsection 
        (d), the Secretary shall award a prize described in subsection 
        (f) to such individual.
            (3) Prohibition on public disclosure.--Personally 
        identifying information of a winner of a prize under the 
        Program shall not be publicly disclosed by Federal agencies. 
        Only the county and State of such winner shall be made public 
        by the Secretary.
            (4) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
        construed to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services to establish a national COVID-19 vaccine registry for 
        the purposes of determining eligibility for a prize under the 
        Program.
    (f) Prizes.--A winner of a prize under this section shall receive 
$1,000,000 not later than 30 days after the verification described in 
subsection (e)(1). Prize money shall not be considered Federal taxable 
income.
    (g) Definition of Secretary.--Except as otherwise provided, in this 
section, the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $100,000,000 for prizes under the Program.
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