S.Amdt. 4570

SA 4570. Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. Cassidy, and Ms. Warren)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867
submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R.
4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for

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military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1064. STUDY AND REPORT ON THE REDISTRIBUTION OF COVID-19
VACCINE DOSES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE EXPIRE TO
FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND ECONOMIES.

(a) Study.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in
consultation with the Secretary of State and the
Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development, shall conduct a study to identify and analyze
the logistical requirements necessary for the heads of the
relevant agencies--
(1) to track the location of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine
in the United States that have been distributed by the
Government of the United States to--
(A) a State;
(B) a health care provider;
(C) a pharmacy;
(D) a clinic; or
(E) any other health care facility;
(2) to maintain a database of the locations and expiration
dates of such doses;
(3) to determine the latest date prior to expiration that
such doses may--
(A) be recovered and prepared for shipment to foreign
countries and economies; and
(B) be safe and effective upon delivery to such countries
and economies;
(4) to determine whether the supply of doses of the COVID-
19 vaccine in the United States is sufficient to vaccinate
the citizens of the United States;
(5) to distribute to foreign countries and economies doses
of the COVID-19 vaccine that as determined under paragraph
(3) will be safe and effective upon delivery to such
countries and economies;
(6) to identify other Federal agencies with which the heads
of the relevant agencies should coordinate to accomplish the
tasks described in paragraphs (1) through (5); and
(7) to determine the necessary scope of involvement of and
required coordination with the Federal agencies identified
under paragraph (6).
(b) Report Required.--Not later than 120 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health
and Human Services, in consultation with the other heads of
the relevant agencies, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on the results of the study
conducted under subsection (a).
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
(2) Relevant agencies.--The term ``relevant agencies''
means--
(A) the Department of Health and Human Services;
(B) the Department of State; and
(C) the United States Agency for International Development.
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