119-s2483

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2483 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2483

 To provide that members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization 
 Practices may not be terminated except for cause and to require the 
 immediate reinstatement of the members of such advisory committee.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 28, 2025

Ms. Blunt Rochester (for herself, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Heinrich, 
 Mr. Merkley, and Ms. Alsobrooks) 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 provide that members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization 
 Practices may not be terminated except for cause and to require the 
 immediate reinstatement of the members of such advisory committee.

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

SECTION 1. MEMBERSHIP OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON IMMUNIZATION 
 PRACTICES.

    (a) Requirements for Termination of Members of ACIP.--

    (1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
 (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') may only 
 terminate a member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization 
 Practices (referred to in this section as the ``Advisory 
 Committee'') for cause and after notice and opportunity for 
 hearing.

    (2) Justification for termination.--If the Secretary 
 terminates a member of the Advisory Committee for cause as 
 described in paragraph

    (1) , not later than 1 day after the date 
 of such termination, the Secretary shall submit to the 
 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
 Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
 Representatives, and make publicly available, a written 
 justification for such termination.

    (3) Effect on federal employees.--With respect to a member 
 of the Advisory Committee who is also an employee of the 
 Federal Government, a termination for cause as described in 
 paragraph

    (1) shall apply only with respect to the membership 
 of the individual as such a member and may not be construed to 
 modify or otherwise impact any protection available to the 
 individual in the capacity of the individual as such an 
 employee.

    (4) Definition of for cause.--In this subsection, the term 
 ``for cause'', with respect to a termination of a member of the 
 Advisory Committee, means a termination based on inefficiency, 
 neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.

    (b) Reinstatement of Certain ACIP Members.--The Secretary shall 
immediately revert to the membership of the Advisory Committee as in 
effect on June 8, 2025, and such members of such Committee shall serve 
the remainder of the terms that applied to such members as of June 9, 
2025.
            (c) Requirements for Appointment of Members of ACIP.--In the case 
of any vacancy in the membership of the Advisory Committee that occurs 
after the date on which the individuals are reinstated to the Advisory 
Committee under subsection

    (b) , the Secretary shall appoint a member to 
fill such vacancy from among individuals recommended by the Comptroller 
General of the United States.
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