A BILL
To amend titles III and XXI of the Public Health Service
Act to hold vaccine manufacturers liable for injuries
caused by vaccines subject to a public mandate, and
for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. MANDATED VACCINE MANUFACTURER LIABIL
4ITY.
5 (a) PANDEMIC AND ENDEMIC PRODUCTS.—Section
6 319F–3(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
7 247d–6d(d)) is amended—
(...)
‘‘(2) VACCINES.—The immunity from suit and
9 liability of covered persons set forth in subsection
10 (a) shall not apply with respect to the administration
11 of a vaccine licensed under section 351 or authorized
12 for emergency use under section 564 of the Federal
13 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act if any agency of the
14 Federal Government, any official of the Government,
15 any agency of any State government, any official of
16 any state government, or any entity that receives
17 Federal or State funding, either directly or indi
18rectly, requires the administration of such vaccine or
19 provides for any penalty or loss of privileges for the
20 refusal to consent to administration of such vac
21
cine.’’.
22 (b) VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM.—
23 Section 2111(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42
24 U.S.C. 300aa–11(a)(2)) is amended—
16 (c) VACCINE INJURY TABLE.—Section 2114(c) of the
17 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300aa–14(c)) is
18 amended—
19 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and subject
20 to paragraph (5)’’ after ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; and
21 (2) by adding at the end the following:
22 ‘‘(5) Beginning on the date of the enactment of this
23 paragraph, the Secretary may not add a vaccine to the
24 Vaccine Injury Table if —
1 ‘‘(A) the administration of such vaccine is re
2quired by any agency of the Federal Government,
3 any official of the Government, or any entity that re4
ceives Federal funding, either directly or indirectly;
5 and
6 ‘‘(B) the vaccine was administered—
7 ‘‘(i) without first obtaining from the per
8son receiving the vaccine the informed consent
9 of that person; or
10 ‘‘(ii) without such person being provided a
11 religious or medical exemption if a request was
12 made for such an exemption.’’
Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statement after introducing a bill to eliminate liability protection for companies when their vaccines are subject to public mandates:
“The immense human suffering our country experienced due to the disgraceful COVID-19 vaccine mandates must never happen again,” said Rep. Gohmert. “Through their reckless edict, the Biden Administration forced many Americans to choose between maintaining their livelihoods and protecting their bodily autonomy from an experimental vaccine—one that we now have come to learn does not protect against infection or transmission. Even more important than the financial ruin the mandates have caused to so many Americans are the clear and present dangers these vaccines can pose to the health and safety of those who have received it.
“If the United States government wishes to force Americans to take an experimental vaccine, the U.S. Constitution and human rights norms dictate that it must make the case and convince Americans that it is safe and effective, respecting informed consent and the right to refuse. If the U.S. government refuses to honor even the most basic individual right in such matters, then no reasonable person would argue that there should also be immunity from liability for the very products being forced into the populace. This bill would rightly eliminate liability protection for pharmaceutical manufacturers for any vaccine subject to a mandate. It is time pharmaceutical companies stand behind their products and face accountability when necessary.”
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