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S 4542 116th Congress Senate Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Health programs administration and funding Immunology and vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases Manufacturing Trade restrictions

America First Vaccine Act

Introduced: September 9, 2020 Introduced by: Tillis, Thomas Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sep 9, 2020
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America First Vaccine Act

This bill prohibits a U.S.-headquartered manufacturer of a COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) vaccine that was developed with federal pandemic relief funding from distributing it outside of the United States, unless the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) certifies that domestic need for the vaccine already has been met.

However, HHS may waive the certification requirement and permit distribution outside of the United States if HHS makes a determination that such distribution would be in the interest of U.S. public health.

A manufacturer that violates the requirement must reimburse the federal government for all amounts received by the manufacturer in support of development of the vaccine, plus interest.

What's happening now September 9, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4542: America First Vaccine Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4542/
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"S. 4542: America First Vaccine Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4542/.
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S. 4542, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4542/.
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