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HR 813 109th Congress House

Flu Protection Act of 2005

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for an influenza vaccine awareness campaign, ensure a sufficient influenza vaccine supply, and prepare for an… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for an influenza vaccine awareness campaign, ensure a sufficient influenza vaccine supply, and prepare for an influenza pandemic or epidemic, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage vaccine production capacity, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 17, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 13, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1900)
Feb 25, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 15, 2005
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.
Feb 15, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 13, 2005

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1900)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Flu Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to conduct, annually, a public influenza awareness campaign and education and outreach efforts preceding the flu season.

Requires the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to urge early and full preordering of the influenza vaccine by Medicare providers.

Requires the Director to: (1) work with the Administrator to publish influenza immunization rates among Medicare recipients; (2) support the development of State adult immunization programs that emphasize improving influenza vaccine delivery to high-risk populations and the general population; and (3) work with appropriate agencies to assess the efficacy of the influenza vaccine.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a vaccine manufacturing facilities investment tax credit (20 percent of qualifying property per year) for property placed in service by December 31, 2009.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) enter into contracts with manufacturers to produce additional necessary doses of the influenza vaccine; and (2) encourage States to develop a contingency plan for maximizing influenza immunization for high-risk populations in the event of a delay or shortage of the vaccine.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Vaccine Program, to establish a protocol to prevent, prepare for, and respond to an influenza pandemic or epidemic.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 628 Related bill Flu Protection Act of 2005
  • S 375 Identical bill Flu Protection Act of 2005
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 6 Independent 1
ETHERIDGE, BOB
· Oct 17, 2005
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 17, 2005
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Oct 6, 2005
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Sep 15, 2005
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Sep 14, 2005
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Sep 13, 2005
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jun 29, 2005
BERRY, MARION
· Feb 15, 2005
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 15, 2005
KENNEDY, PATRICK
· Feb 15, 2005
SNYDER, VICTOR
· Feb 15, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 813: Flu Protection Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-813/
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"H.R. 813: Flu Protection Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-813/.
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H.R. 813, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-813/.
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