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HR 5461 117th Congress House International Affairs Cardiovascular and respiratory health Defense spending Emergency medical services and trauma care Foreign aid and international relief Immunology and vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases International organizations and cooperation World health

COVID Defense Act

Introduced: November 2, 2021 Introduced by: Pocan, Mark Democratic · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
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Sep 30, 2021
Introduced in House
Sep 30, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.
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COVID Defense Act

This bill rescinds specified defense appropriations and authorizes funding for manufacturing and delivering COVID-19 vaccines internationally.

What's happening now September 30, 2021

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 23
All 23 Democratic 19
Napolitano, Grace
· Nov 2, 2021
 D
Auchincloss, Jake
Massachusetts · Sep 30, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 30, 2021
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Sep 30, 2021
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Sep 30, 2021
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Sep 30, 2021
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Sep 30, 2021
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Sep 30, 2021
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Sep 30, 2021
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Sep 30, 2021
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Sep 30, 2021
Lowenthal, Alan
· Sep 30, 2021
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 30, 2021
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Sep 30, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 30, 2021
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Sep 30, 2021
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Sep 30, 2021
Sarbanes, John
· Sep 30, 2021
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Sep 30, 2021
 D
Torres, Ritchie
New York · Sep 30, 2021
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Sep 30, 2021
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Sep 30, 2021
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Sep 30, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5461: COVID Defense Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5461/
MLA
"H.R. 5461: COVID Defense Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5461/.
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H.R. 5461, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5461/.
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[H.R. 5461: COVID Defense Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5461/)
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