42 U.S.C. § 283d

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 283d - Children's Vaccine Initiative

The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the National Vaccine Program under subchapter XIX and acting through the Directors of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute for Aging, and other public and private programs, shall carry out activities, which shall be consistent with the global Children's Vaccine Initiative, to develop affordable new and improved vaccines to be used in the United States and in the developing world that will increase the efficacy and efficiency of the prevention of infectious diseases. In carrying out such activities, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, develop and make available vaccines that require fewer contacts to deliver, that can be given early in life, that provide long lasting protection, that obviate refrigeration, needles and syringes, and that protect against a larger number of diseases.

42 U.S.C. § 283d

July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, §404B, as added Pub. L. 103-43, title II, §204, June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 146; amended Pub. L. 109-482, title I, §103(b)(3), Jan. 15, 2007, 120 Stat. 3687; Pub. L. 110-154, §1(b)(2), Dec. 21, 2007, 121 Stat. 1827; Pub. L. 114-255, div. A, title II, §2042(d), Dec. 13, 2016, 130 Stat. 1073.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS2016- Pub. L. 114-255 struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading "Development of New Vaccines" and subsec. (b). Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (b) read as follows: "In the report required in section 300aa-4 of this title, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Vaccine Program under subchapter XIX, shall include information with respect to activities and the progress made in implementing the provisions of this section and achieving its goals."2007-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110-154 substituted "Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development" for "National Institute for Child Health and Human Development".Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109-482 struck out heading and text of subsec. (c). Text read as follows: "In addition to any other amounts authorized to be appropriated for activities of the type described in this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996."

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2007 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 109-482 applicable only with respect to amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2007 or subsequent fiscal years, see section 109 of Pub. L. 109-482 set out as a note under section 281 of this title.

Secretary

The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.1See References in Text note below.