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H.R. 951: Maternal Vaccination Act

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H.R. 951: Maternal Vaccination Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-08 · Health · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-08 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Maternal Vaccination Act

Plain summary

Maternal Vaccination Act This bill includes a focus on pregnant and postpartum individuals in existing public health activities to increase vaccination rates. First, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must incorporate a focus on pregnant and postpartum individuals, including by disseminating information to obstetric health care providers, into its existing public awareness campaign about the importance of vaccinations. Second, the bill expressly allows certain project grants for preventive health services to be used for activities to increase vaccination rates of pregnant and postpartum individuals (and their children).

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Official text

Maternal Vaccination Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] · 52 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 951, Maternal Vaccination Act (2021-09-22)

Cosponsors on this site

Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), André Carson (D-IN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Ami Bera (D-CA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Raul Ruiz (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] reported raising $2.3 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr951 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117