Bipartisan legislation seeks to modernize vaccine injury compensation, reduce backlog, and add COVID-19 claims to the program.
Quiver AI Summary
Bipartisan bill introduced: House Ways and Means Committee members Reps. Lloyd Doggett and Lloyd Smucker said they introduced the “Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act” to update the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program and let pending COVID-19 vaccine claimants seek relief under it.
What the proposal would do: The bill would add some vaccines to the program, expand the number and terms of special masters, increase compensation caps and the vaccine excise tax, extend the filing deadline, and speed up review of new vaccine claims and injuries.
Context cited by sponsors: The release says the existing program was created in 1986 and has not been significantly updated, while COVID-19 vaccine claims have remained in a separate system with a large backlog and limited payouts.
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- H.R.9672: To amend the Public Health Service Act to make updates to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, and for other purposes.
- H.R.9544: Save MEDICARE Act of 2026
- H.R.8744: TREE Act
- H.R.8100: Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act
- H.R.7493: Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2026
- H.R.7095: Ending Importation of Laundered Russian Oil Act
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