Two House members from opposite parties have introduced legislation to overhaul the federal system that compensates people for rare vaccine injuries, proposing to raise compensation caps that have not changed since the program was created, extend filing deadlines, add judges to clear a backlog, and move pending COVID-19 vaccine injury claims into the program.
The Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2026, filed as H.R. 9672, was introduced on July 14 by Representatives Lloyd Doggett, a Texas Democrat, and Lloyd Smucker, a Pennsylvania Republican, both members of the House Ways and Means Committee.
