Nonpartisan civic infrastructure
AllCiv·Legis1
·

H.Res. 117

ResolutionFederalHouseIn Committee
Recognizing the importance of vaccinations and immunizations in the United States.
About This Bill
Committee
Latest Action · February 20, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Congress
114th (2015–2017)
Introduced
February 13, 2015
Cosponsors (101)
88D 13R
View PDF ↗

Summary

Highlight any text to annotate
Commends the international community, global and domestic health organizations, the private sector, school and community leaders, and faith-based organizations for bolstering global and domestic health through vaccination. Affirms vaccines save lives and are essential to public health, and economic and national security. Recognizes that the lack of vaccination can cause a public health crisis, and that there is no credible evidence to show that vaccines cause life-threatening or disabling diseases in healthy children or adults. Encourages a continued commitment to research to improve vaccines and develop new vaccines. Urges parents, in consultation with their health care provider, to follow the scientific evidence and consensus of medical experts in favor of timely vaccinations to protect their children and their community.

Take Action

Your position
Add a comment
to comment on this bill.
Annotate the text
Highlight any passage on the Summary or Full Text tab to attach a note. Annotations appear on the Annotations tab.