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HR 1349 108th Congress House

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Improvement Act of 2003

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

Introduced: March 19, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 24, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 19, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 19, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 24, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) revise the basis for calculating the projected lost earnings of a person who sustained a vaccine-related injury; (2) increase the award for a vaccine-related death; (3) allow compensation for expenses for family counseling and establishing guardianship; (4) allow payment of interim attorneys' fees and costs; (5) establish a procedure for paying attorneys' fees; (6) extend from two to six years the statute of limitations for injuries or death from a vaccine set forth in the Vaccine Injury Table; (7) revise the membership and meeting schedule of the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines; and (8) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a public service announcement campaign about the availability of the Program.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the limit on Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund administrative expenses.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 3 Republican 2 Independent 1
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Apr 8, 2003
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 25, 2003
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 25, 2003
HOEKSTRA, PETER
· Mar 19, 2003
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 19, 2003
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 19, 2003
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Mar 19, 2003
SMITH, NICK
· Mar 19, 2003
STENHOLM, CHARLES
· Mar 19, 2003
THORNBERRY, WILLIAM
· Mar 19, 2003
Toomey, Patrick
· Mar 19, 2003
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Mar 19, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1349: National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Improvement Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1349/
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