H.R. 8153

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8153 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8153

To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to maternal 
vaccination awareness and equity, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 27, 2026

Ms. Sewell (for herself, Ms. Underwood, Ms. Adams, Ms. Barragan, Mrs. 
Beatty, Mr. Bell, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter 
of Louisiana, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. 
Cohen, Mr. Conaway, Ms. Craig, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. 
DelBene, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Figures, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of 
Illinois, Mrs. Grijalva, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Ivey, Mr. 
Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Johnson of 
Texas, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Latimer, Mrs. McBath, 
Ms. McClellan, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Menefee, 
Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Norton, Ms. 
Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Scholten, 
Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Soto, Ms. 
Stansbury, Ms. Strickland, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Takano, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. 
Veasey, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Wilson of 
Florida, Mr. Gottheimer, and Ms. Meng) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to maternal 
vaccination awareness and equity, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Maternal Vaccination Act''.

SEC. 2. MATERNAL VACCINATION AWARENESS AND EQUITY CAMPAIGN.

(a) Campaign.--Section 313 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 245) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``and among pregnant 
and postpartum individuals,'' after ``low rates of 
vaccination,'';
(2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ``prenatal and 
pediatric'' and inserting ``prenatal, obstetric, and 
pediatric'';
(3) in subsection (d)(4)(B), by inserting ``pregnant and 
postpartum individuals and'' after ``including''; and
(4) in subsection (g), by striking ``$15,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2021 through 2025'' and inserting ``$17,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031''.
(b) Additional Activities.--Section 317(k)(1)(E) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b(k)(1)(E)) is amended--
(1) in clause (v), by striking ``and'' at the end; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(vii) increase vaccination rates of 
pregnant and postpartum individuals, including 
individuals from racial and ethnic minority 
groups, and their children; and''.
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