,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #chca  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ad1    
#bjbb,mr4 ,braun 7for himself and ,mr4  
,marshall7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to require the ,national       
,academies of ,sciences1 ,engineering1  
and ,medicine to conduct a study        
relating to ,,covid-#ai immunity        
resulting from a prior infection1       
vaccination1 or both1 and the           
,,covid-#ai pandemic4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,apply   
the ,science ,act #b4j4  #b4 ,national  
,academies of ,sciences1 ,engineering1  
and ,medicine study on natural immunity 
in relation to the ,,covid-#ai pandemic 
7a7 ,in general ,not later than #de days
 after the date of enactment of this    
,act1 the ,secretary of ,health and     
,human ,services shall seek to enter    
into a contract with the ,national      

,academies of ,sciences1 ,engineering1  
and ,medicine 7referred to in this      
section as the ,national ,academies7 to 
conduct a study related to the current  
scientific evidence on the durability of
 immunity to ,,covid-#ai4  7b7          
,inclusions ,the study pursuant to the  
contract under subsection 7a7 shall     
include-- 7#a7 an assessment of         
scientific evidence related to the      
durability of immunity resulting from   
,,sars-,co,v-#b infection1 ,,covid-#ai  
vaccination1 or both1 including any     
differences between population groups2  
7#b7 an assessment of the extent to     
which the ,federal ,government makes    
publicly available the scientific       
evidence used by relevant ,federal      
departments and agencies to inform      
public health recommendations related to
 immunity resulting from ,,sars-,co,v-#b
 infection and ,,covid-#ai vaccination2 
and  7#c7 a summary of scientific       
studies and evidence related to         
,,sars-,co,v-#b infection-acquired      

immunity from a sample of other         
countries or multilateral organizations4
  7c7 ,report ,not later than #ah months
 after the date of enactment of this    
,act1 the ,national ,academies shall    
submit to the ,committee on ,health1    
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions of the
 ,senate and the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce of the ,house of          
,representatives a report on the study  
pursuant to subsection 7a74  7d7        
,authorization of appropriation ,there  
is authorized to be appropriated such   
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year
 #bjbc to carry out this section4