HR 1287 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Vaccine Injured Children's Compensation Act of 2001

Introduced Mar 29, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Dave Weldon R-FL

Latest action · Apr 16, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

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IntroducedMar 29, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Vaccine Injured Children's Compensation Act of 2001 - Amends provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program to: (1) designate the Program as a remedial program under which sovereign immunity does not apply; (2) change the burden of proof requirement for the award of compensation from a preponderance of the evidence to evidence sufficient to justify a belief that the petitioner's claims are well grounded (while giving the benefit of doubt to the petitioner); (3) require any defense raised that an illness, injury, or death was due to unrelated factors to be proved by clear and convincing evidence; (4) authorize as Program compensation expenses necessary for the establishment of a trust to receive Program funds, as well as expenses incurred for family counseling or training necessitated by the vaccine-related injury; (5) allow the award of petitioner's attorneys' fees; (6) increase to up to 72 months the statute of limitations under the Program; (7) allow such period to be extended for an additional 36 months after a petitioner first knew or should have known about his or her eligibility for compensation; (8) toll the statute of limitations until a petitioner reaches age 18 and, if a petitioner is incompetent, until 24 months after a guardian is appointed; and (9) authorize the refiling of a previously failed petition if the petitioner would have met the extended statute of limitations provided under this Act.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 29, 2001 to Apr 10, 2002; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	Mar 29, 2001
R-IN	Dan Burton	Original	Mar 29, 2001
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Mar 29, 2001
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Mar 29, 2001
D-TX	Jim Turner	Original	Mar 29, 2001
D-MO	Karen McCarthy	Original	Mar 29, 2001
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Mar 29, 2001
R-CA	Stephen Horn	Original	Mar 29, 2001
D-TX	Ken Bentsen		Apr 26, 2001
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		May 2, 2001
R-OK	Wes Watkins		May 2, 2001
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		May 3, 2001
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Jun 12, 2001
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Jun 27, 2001
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Jun 27, 2001
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Sep 5, 2001
D-GA	Cynthia A. McKinney		Nov 1, 2001
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Dec 12, 2001
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood		Feb 4, 2002
R-PA	Patrick J. Toomey		Feb 4, 2002
R-KS	Jim Ryun		Mar 12, 2002
R-MI	Nick Smith		Mar 12, 2002
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Apr 10, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Mar 29, 2001
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Apr 16, 2001

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 16, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 29, 2001Introduced in House
Mar 29, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E488-489)
Mar 29, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E488	Dave Weldon R-FL	Mar 29, 2001

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 107-44	THE NATIONAL VACCINE INJURY PROGRAM: IS IT WORKING AS CONGRESS INTENDED?334 pages	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Nov 1, 2001–Dec 12, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
Short Titles as Introduced: Vaccine Injured Children's Compensation Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 29, 2001Introduced in House

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