# 119-hr-8024: Maternal Vaccination Act

119-hr-8024, Maternal Vaccination Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-21).

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- As of: 2026-08-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8024
- Congress: 119
- Title: Maternal Vaccination Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-03-19
- Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-21

## Summary

**Expands maternal vaccination awareness and equity** by adding pregnant and postpartum individuals to the federal vaccination awareness campaign and making them an explicit program objective. It also broadens messaging to obstetric care settings and updates the campaign's future funding authorization. - Pregnant and postpartum individuals and their children are now explicit targets for outreach. The program must aim to raise vaccination rates for these groups, including racial and ethnic minority individuals. - Campaign messaging and activities now cover prenatal, obstetric, and pediatric settings to reach expectant and new parents. - The authorization is changed to $17.0 million per year for fiscal years 2027–2031, replacing the prior $15.0 million annual authorization for 2021–2025 and leaving no explicit authorization for 2021–2026 in the amended text. *Authorizes $17.0 million annually for 2027–2031, increasing the program's future authorized funding by $2.0 million per year compared with the prior authorization.*

## Provisions PRIA read

- More vaccine outreach for pregnant people: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would broaden the federal maternal vaccination awareness and equity campaign to explicitly include pregnant and postpartum individuals. The campaign would add "pregnant and postpartum individuals" to its listed activities and change listed care settings to "prenatal, obstetric,…
- Higher funding for maternal vaccine campaign: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would authorize $17 million per year for the maternal vaccination campaign for fiscal years 2027 through 2031. It would replace an earlier authorization of $15 million per year for fiscal years 2021 through 2025 and the amended text does not state an authorization for 2021–2026…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-5349: TAS Act
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-8024 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8024)

## Related
- [119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6900)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-5349: TAS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5349)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8024 (as of 2026-08-21).