Congress·In Committee·H.R. 3701

Family Vaccine Protection Act

House Bill Would Require Written Scientific Justification for Overriding Vaccine Panel Recommendations

Jun 4, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

Part of: Legislation Aims to Codify Vaccine Advisory Panel and Mandate Transparency

StalledNext up: A house committeeNo action in 13 months

This bill is currently sitting in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce where it must be reviewed before it can move forward. It is considered stalled because no action has been taken on the proposal since June 2025. Most bills like this do not receive a committee vote and do not move further in the process.

Legislative Progress

House

No action since June 2025

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Key Points

Puts the national vaccine advice panel into federal law and sets rules for how it works, including open public meetings.
Requires the health agency leader to adopt the panel’s vaccine recommendations unless they publicly explain, using peer‑reviewed science, why they disagree.
Speeds up review of new vaccines: the panel must look at a newly licensed vaccine by its next meeting and aim to make a recommendation within 90 days after the maker notifies the agency.
If federal health leaders go against the panel on vaccine use (including insurance coverage rules and the children’s vaccine program), they must publish their reason and notify key House and Senate committees within 48 hours.
Adds a science standard for changing the vaccine injury compensation table, saying removals or other changes must be backed by the best available scientific evidence; authorizes $2.8 million per year for 2026–2029 to run the panel.

HealthcareConsumer ProtectionMedicare Medicaid

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

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Jun 4, 2025House

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Jun 4, 2025

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

Related News

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Targeted News Service·Dec 24, 2025

Sen. Hickenlooper Introduces Family Vaccine Protection Act

Senator John Hickenlooper introduced the Family Vaccine Protection Act to codify the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) into federal law. The bill aims to protect scientific standards and ensure vaccine recommendations are rooted in data rather than politics.

Center

AAP News·Jul 31, 2025

AAP launches strategic campaign to combat vaccine misinformation

The American Academy of Pediatrics is supporting the Family Vaccine Protection Act (H.R. 3701), which seeks to codify the ACIP and keep it free of political interference following the mass dismissal of its members by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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NJ Spotlight News·Jun 16, 2025

Op-Ed: Follow the science on vaccines, not Kennedy

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone introduced the Family Vaccine Protection Act to safeguard the childhood immunization schedule from political interference and hold new members of the Advisory Committee on Vaccine Practices accountable to evidence-based medicine.

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No votes recorded for this bill yet.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Family Vaccine Protection Act

Bill NumberHR 3701

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Data Sources

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D: 75

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