Text of Senate Amendment 4648

Text of Senate Amendment 4648

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 49 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S1305] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 4648. Ms. ALSOBROOKS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING VACCINES. (a) Findings.--Congress finds that, on March 16, 2025, a District Court-- (1) held, with respect to actions undertaken by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., that the ``reconstitution of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the January 2026 changes to the childhood immunization schedule violate the Administrative Procedure Act''; (2) stayed guidance issued by the Department of Health and Human Services revising the childhood immunization schedule of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pursuant to section 705 of title 5 United States Code; (3) stayed the appointments of the 13 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices appointed on June 11, 2025, September 11, 2025, and January 13, 2026; and (4) stayed all votes taken by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices while such committee included the members so appointed. (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) vaccines are safe, effective, and save lives; and (2) as the District Court found in American Academy of Pediatrics v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Department of Health and Human Services disregarded procedural requirements ``and thereby undermined the integrity of its actions'' in upending the childhood vaccine schedule. ______