,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #edfa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #cj1      
#bjba,mr4 ,pocan 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,lee
 of ,california1 ,mr4 ,auchincloss1 ,mr4
 ,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4         
,de,fazio1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mr4 ,garca 
of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4      
,huffman1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,johnson  
of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4      
,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,ms4 ,omar1   
,ms4 ,pressley1 ,mr4 ,sarbanes1 ,ms4    
,tlaib1 ,mr4 ,torres of ,new ,york1 ,ms4
 ,velzquez1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4
 ,gomez1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,mr4        
,vargas1 and ,ms4 ,norton7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,appropriations1 for a period to be     
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to rescind #a4c percent of  

total defense spending and authorize the
 same amount for international ,,covid  
vaccine production and distribution4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,,covid ,defense ,act4  #b4     
,defense spending recission ,of the     
unobligated balances available from     
amounts made available pursuant to      
authorizations of appropriations        
contained in ,public ,law #aaf-bhc1 the 
,william ,m4 7,mac7 ,thornberry         
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjba1 #i1fbf1ejj1jjj 
is hereby rescinded4 ,this recission    
shall apply on a pro rata basis among   
the accounts for which amounts were     
authorized other than those for the     
,defense ,health ,program1 military     
personnel1 and persons appointed into   
the civil service as defined in section 
#baja of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code4  #c4 ,authorization of           
appropriations for international ,,covid
 vaccine production and distribution    
,there is hereby authorized to be       

appropriated #i1fbf1ejj1jjj to any      
,federal agency or agencies designated  
by the ,president of the ,united ,states
 to manufacture and deliver coronavirus 
vaccines internationally4 ,such funds   
may also be awarded to international    
organizations as appropriate4