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H.R. 813 (109th)

Flu Protection Act of 2005

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Introduced

15 February 2005

Last action

13 April 2005 · Introduced

Status

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1900)

Sponsors

Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5], Rep. Snyder, Vic [D-AR-2], Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16], Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1], Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11], Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1], Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12], Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3], Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1], Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2], Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13]

Subjects

Healthcare, Taxation, Education

Source updated

15 August 2025

Healthcare · Taxation · Education

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Summary

Flu Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to conduct, annually, a public influenza awareness campaign and education and outreach efforts preceding the flu season. Requires the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to urge early and full preordering of the influenza vaccine by Medicare providers. Requires the Director to: (1) work with the Administrator to publish influenza immunization rates among Medicare recipients; (2) support the development of State adult immunization programs that emphasize improving influenza vaccine delivery to high-risk populations and the general population; and (3) work with appropriate agencies to assess the efficacy of the influenza vaccine. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a vaccine manufacturing facilities investment tax credit (20 percent of qualifying property per year) for property placed in service by December 31, 2009. Requires the Secretary to: (1) enter into contracts with manufacturers to produce additional necessary doses of the influenza vaccine; and (2) encourage States to develop a contingency plan for maximizing influenza immunization for high-risk populations in the event of a delay or shortage of the vaccine. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Vaccine Program, to establish a protocol to prevent, prepare for, and respond to an influenza pandemic or epidemic.

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Timeline

  1. 15 February 2005

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 15 February 2005

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 15 February 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 15 February 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 25 February 2005

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  6. 13 April 2005

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1900)

    Source: IntroReferral

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