[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 570 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 570

 To conduct or support further comprehensive research for the creation 
                   of a universal influenza vaccine.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 26, 2019

Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. King, Mr. Van 
 Hollen, Ms. Smith, and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To conduct or support further comprehensive research for the creation 
                   of a universal influenza vaccine.

    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 ``Flu Vaccine Act''.

SEC. 2. RESEARCH FOR THE CREATION OF A UNIVERSAL INFLUENZA VACCINE.

    (a) In General.--The Director of the National Institute of Allergy 
and Infectious Diseases shall conduct or support comprehensive research 
for the creation of a universal influenza vaccine.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
there are authorized to be appropriated $200,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2024.
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