Protecting America from Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Protecting America from Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Technology, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HD6EC1A75BDE24528ACE2F27387614F18: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting America from Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Act of 2026.
- Section H40A484B728F649D79F4A0B12F220C77D: 2. Findings The Congress finds the following: Influenza occurs seasonally each year, and throughout history, has caused devastating pandemics. The 1918...
- Section HFA841A968ECC4564AB9B82916EF92AF0: 3. Strengthening and diversifying influenza vaccine, therapeutics, and diagnostics development, manufacturing, and supply chain It is a national goal for the...
- Section H9682C24A87EE492389CD734254F7EFB1: 4. Promoting innovative approaches and use of new technologies to detect, prevent, and respond to influenza The Director of the National Institutes of Health...
- Section H1D0CDCF2DBE74ED4BD8584C8911788AE: 5. Increasing influenza vaccine, therapeutics, and testing access and coverage across all populations The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Protecting America from Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Technology, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, Protecting America from Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …
Introduced in House
Mr. Larsen of Washington (for himself, Ms. Ross, Ms. Stansbury, …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
- "secretary_of_commerce"
- → Secretary of Commerce
- "secretary_of_transportation"
- → Secretary of Transportation
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
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