,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bdhc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bh1     
#bjbe ,ms4 ,blunt ,rochester 7for       
herself1 ,mr4 ,lujn1 ,mr4 ,warnock1 ,mr4
 ,heinrich1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 and ,ms4     
,alsobrooks7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to provide that members of the 
,advisory ,committee on ,immunization   
,practices may not be terminated except 
for cause and to require the immediate  
reinstatement of the members of such    
advisory committee4  #a4  ,membership of
 the ,advisory ,committee on            
,immunization ,practices  7a7           
,requirements for termination of members
 of ,,acip  7#a7  ,in general  ,the     
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services 7referred to in this section  
as the ,secretary7 may only terminate a 
member of the ,advisory ,committee on   
,immunization ,practices 7referred to in

 this section as the ,advisory          
,committee7 for cause and after notice  
and opportunity for hearing4  7#b7      
,justification for termination  ,if the 
,secretary terminates a member of the   
,advisory ,committee for cause as       
described in paragraph 7#a71 not later  
than #a day after the date of such      
termination1 the ,secretary 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          
,representatives1 and make publicly     
available1 a written justification for  
such termination4  7#c7  ,effect on     
,federal employees  ,with respect to a  
member of the ,advisory ,committee who  
is also an employee of the ,federal     
,government1 a termination for cause as 
described in paragraph 7#a7 shall apply 
only with respect to the membership of  
the individual as such a member and may 
not be construed to modify or otherwise 
impact any protection available to the  

individual in the capacity of the       
individual as such an employee4  7#d7   
,definition of for cause  ,in this      
subsection1 the term for cause1 with    
respect to a termination of a member of 
the ,advisory ,committee1 means a       
termination based on inefficiency1      
neglect of duty1 or malfeasance in      
office4  7b7  ,reinstatement of certain 
,,acip members  ,the ,secretary shall   
immediately revert to the membership of 
the ,advisory ,committee as in effect on
 ,june #h1 #bjbe1 and such members of   
such ,committee shall serve the         
remainder of the terms that applied to  
such members as of ,june #i1 #bjbe4  7c7
  ,requirements for appointment of      
members of ,,acip  ,in the case of any  
vacancy in the membership of the        
,advisory ,committee that occurs after  
the date on which the individuals are   
reinstated to the ,advisory ,committee  
under subsection 7b71 the ,secretary    
shall appoint a member to fill such     
vacancy from among individuals          

recommended by the ,comptroller ,general
 of the ,united ,states4