,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #giga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #g1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,krishnamoorthi 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,connolly1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,ms4 ,pressley1 
,ms4 ,porter1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 and ,mr4    
,de,saulnier7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to direct the ,food and ,drug  
,administration to solicit and consider 
the recommendations of the ,vaccines and
 ,related ,biological ,products         
,advisory ,committee before taking      
certain actions with respect to         
,,covid-#ai vaccines1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,expeditious        
,vaccine ,advice with ,legitimate1      
,unbiased1 ,apolitical1 and ,technical  
,expertise ,act or the ,,evaluate ,act4 
#b4 ,required consideration of advisory 
committee recommendations  7a7 ,vaccine 
licensure or authorization ,before      
licensing or authorizing any vaccine for

 ,,covid-#ai or ,,sars-,co,v-#b         
infection 7in this section referred to  
as a ,,covid-#ai vaccine71 the          
,commissioner of ,food and ,drugs       
shall-- 7#a7 solicit recommendations    
from the ,vaccines and ,related         
,biological ,products ,advisory         
,committee on whether the available data
 are adequate to support the safety and 
effectiveness of the ,,covid-#ai vaccine
 and whether additional studies to      
further evaluate safety and             
effectiveness should be required before 
or after licensing or authorization2    
7#b7 receive such recommendations at an 
open meeting2  7#c7 give public notice  
of such meeting at least #c business    
days in advance of the meeting2 and     
7#d7 publicly document how such         
recommendations were considered when    
licensing or authorizing the ,,covid-#ai
 vaccine4  7b7 ,minor or technical      
changes ,subsection 7a7 does not apply--
 7#a7 to minor or technical changes to a
 license or authorization that is in    

effect2 or  7#b7 in cases involving a   
change to a license or authorization if 
the ,commissioner of ,food and ,drugs   
publishes a determination that the      
change is not substantial and a meeting 
under subsection 7a7 would not be       
appropriate4  7c7 ,provision of         
information  7#a7 ,in general ,in       
connection with a meeting of the        
,vaccines and ,related ,biological      
,products ,advisory ,committee convened 
for purposes of subsection 7a71 the     
,commissioner of ,food and ,drugs       
shall-- 7,a7 provide to the ,advisory   
,committee1 at least #c business days   
prior to the meeting1 any data1         
summaries of data1 briefing documents1  
and other information to be presented at
 the meeting by the ,commissioner and   
the sponsor of the ,,covid-#ai vaccine1 
and make reasonable efforts to provide  
any additional data1 summaries of data1 
or information requested by the         
,advisory ,committee before the meeting2
 and  7,b7 promptly make available on   

the ,food and ,drug ,administration's   
website minutes1 audiovisual recordings1
 transcripts1 data1 summaries of data1  
briefing documents1 and other           
information or documents made available 
to or prepared for or by the ,advisory  
,committee4  7#b7 ,exception ,the       
,commissioner need not make available   
minutes1 audiovisual recordings1        
transcripts1 data1 summaries of data1   
briefing documents1 and other           
information or documents pursuant to    
paragraph 7#a77;,b7 if the              
,commissioner-- 7,a7 determines that the
 minutes1 audiovisual recordings1       
transcripts1 data1 summaries of data1   
briefing documents1 or other information
 or documents should be withheld from   
disclosure in accordance with section   
#eeb;b7c7 of title #e1 ,united ,states  
,code2 and  7,b7 promptly makes         
available on the public website of the  
,food and ,drug ,administration a       
written explanation of the reasons for  
not disclosing the minutes1 audiovisual 

recordings1 transcripts1 data1 summaries
 of data1 briefing documents1 or other  
information or documents4