VITAL Act of 2025
The VITAL Act of 2025 creates new criminal penalties for medical research companies or sponsors who make false claims or hide important data about clinical vaccine trials, punishable by fines or up to five years in prison. It requires sponsors to certify no fraud occurred in trial data to maintain emergency use authorizations and gives the Health Secretary power to revoke approvals if fraud is found. The bill modifies liability protections by removing shields for vaccine manufacturers who committed fraud, allowing compensation claims under the National Vaccine Injury Program for such cases. It also explicitly allows ongoing legal claims related to COVID-19 vaccines at any time, defining "COVID-19" to cover all SARS-CoV-2 variants.
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May 2025
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Introduced May 29, 2025
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May 29, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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May 29, 2025
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Mark E. Green
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