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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Increase Public Awareness about and Access to Federal Resources Related to Vaccine Injuries’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1 Department of Health and Human Services directed to increase public awareness about and access to federal resources related to vaccine injuries. Resolved: That the Department of Health and Human Services shall create a link on the department's publicly accessible website to existing federal resources related to vaccine injuries, including but not limited to information about the:
1. National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration; and
2. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System cosponsored by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the United States Food and Drug Administration, agencies of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve directing the Department of Health and Human Services to create a link on the department's publicly accessible website to existing federal resources related to vaccine injuries, including but not limited to information about the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration and the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System cosponsored by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the United States Food and Drug Administration, agencies of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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