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HR 3656 117th Congress House Taxation Health promotion and preventive care Immunology and vaccination Sales and excise taxes

Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2021

Introduced: November 16, 2021 Introduced by: Doggett, Lloyd Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 1, 2021
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2021

This bill modifies the excise tax on certain vaccines to (1) automatically impose the tax on vaccines that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) adds to the Vaccine Injury Table, and (2) require HHS to notify the Department of the Treasury and Congress when new vaccines are added to the table. (The excise tax funds the National Vaccine Injury Program, which compensates people who have been injured by vaccines listed on the table.)

What's happening now June 1, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3087 Related bill Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2021
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 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 3 Republican 3
Kildee, Daniel
· Jul 11, 2022
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · May 18, 2022
 R
Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · Feb 3, 2022
 R
Smucker, Lloyd
Pennsylvania · Dec 23, 2021
Blumenauer, Earl
· Dec 14, 2021
Cárdenas, Tony
· Nov 16, 2021
Higgins, Brian
· Nov 16, 2021
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Nov 16, 2021
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Nov 16, 2021
Wenstrup, Brad
· Nov 16, 2021
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Jun 1, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3656: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3656/
MLA
"H.R. 3656: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3656/.
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H.R. 3656, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3656/.
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[H.R. 3656: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3656/)
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