,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjeh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #c1 #bjai,ms4  
,jackson ,lee 7for herself1 ,ms4        
,norton1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,ms4 ,sewell of   
,alabama1 ,ms4 ,pressley1 ,ms4 ,johnson 
of ,texas1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney  
of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,payne1 and ,mrs4   
,mc,bath7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
direct the ,secretary of ,health and    
,human ,services to carry out a program 
to address the health crisis of         
insufficient vaccinations1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,vaccination        
,information and ,promotion ,act of     
#bjai or the ,,vip ,act of #bjai4  #b4  
,addressing the health crisis of        
insufficient vaccinations ,the          
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 in consultation with the     
,director of the ,centers for ,disease  
,control and ,prevention1 shall develop 

and implement a program to reverse the  
decline in the rate of childhood        
vaccinations1 including by--  7#a7      
conducting a national effort to increase
 public awareness of and knowledge about
 the benefits of childhood vaccinations2
  7#b7 supporting the development of a  
broad range of communication tools to   
inform the public on the importance of  
vaccinations2  7#c7 acting through the  
,director of the ,national ,institutes  
of ,health1 making more readily         
available on federally hosted social    
media specific information from the     
scientific and medical community on the 
importance of vaccinations to the health
 and well-being of infants1 children1   
young adults1 adults1 and the elderly2  
and  7#d7 awarding grants and other     
financial assistance to public and      
private educational institutions1 and   
non-governmental 7including nonprofit7  
and other appropriate entities that     
serve children1 students1 and the       
elderly1 to implement vaccination       

education programs4  #c4 ,,gao study    
,the ,comptroller ,general of the       
,united ,states shall conduct1 and      
submit to the ,congress a report on the 
results of1 a study on the change over  
time in public attitudes toward         
childhood vaccinations and the reasons  
underlying such changes4  #d4           
,authorization of appropriations ,to    
carry out this ,act1 there is authorized
 to be appropriated #ej1jjj1jjj for each
 of fiscal years #bjbj through #bjbe4