HR 7551 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

LIABLE Act

Introduced Mar 5, 2024 Originated House Sponsor Chip Roy R-TX

Latest action · Mar 5, 2024 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 5, 2024
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered Act or the LIABLE Act

This bill prohibits COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers from being immune under federal law from lawsuits relating to their vaccines.

Specifically, the bill prohibits any federal law from providing immunity for COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers from civil suits or liability, or limiting liability, with respect to the administration or use of their vaccines. Additionally, individuals may not be precluded from bringing a civil suit against a COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer because the individual sought or received compensation through specified federal vaccine injury compensation programs, nor does the bill preclude individuals from seeking compensation through these programs.

The bill applies to vaccine administrations that occur before, on, or after the bill's date of enactment.

Cosponsors 21

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2024 to Mar 20, 2024; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-AZ	Andy Biggs	Original	Mar 5, 2024
R-MD	Andy Harris	Original	Mar 5, 2024
R-AL	Barry Moore	Original	Mar 5, 2024
R-VA	Bob Good	Original	Mar 5, 2024
R-LA	Clay Higgins	Original	Mar 5, 2024
R-AZ	Elijah Crane	Original	Mar 5, 2024
R-MO	Eric Burlison	Original	Mar 5, 2024
R-OK	Josh Brecheen	Original	Mar 5, 2024
R-CO	Lauren Boebert	Original	Mar 5, 2024
R-IL	Mary E. Miller	Original	Mar 5, 2024
R-TX	Michael Cloud	Original	Mar 5, 2024
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar	Original	Mar 5, 2024
R-SC	Ralph Norman	Original	Mar 5, 2024
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Original	Mar 5, 2024
R-ID	Russ Fulcher	Original	Mar 5, 2024
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais	Original	Mar 5, 2024
R-KY	Thomas Massie	Original	Mar 5, 2024
R-TX	Troy E. Nehls	Original	Mar 5, 2024
R-OH	Warren Davidson	Original	Mar 5, 2024
R-PA	Scott Perry		Mar 7, 2024
R-FL	Bill Posey		Mar 20, 2024

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Mar 5, 2024

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 5, 2024Introduced in House
Mar 5, 2024Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution--to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit any Federal law from making the manufacturer of a COVID-19 vaccine immune from liability.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 39, March 5, 2024, page H823.

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To prohibit any Federal law from making the manufacturer of a COVID-19 vaccine immune from suit or liability, or limiting the liability of such a manufacturer, with respect to claims for loss caused by, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from the administration to or the use by an individual of a COVID-19 vaccine, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: LIABLE Act; Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 5, 2024Introduced in House

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