CHILDREN’S VACCINE INITIATIVE.

SEC. 204. CHILDREN’S VACCINE INITIATIVE. Part A of title IV of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by section 203 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following section: “children’s vaccine initiative “Sec. 404B. (a) Development of New Vaccines.— The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the National Vaccine Program under title XXI and acting through the Directors of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute for Aging, and other public and private programs, shall carry out activities, which shall be consistent with the global Children’s Vaccine Initiative, to develop Affordable new and improved vaccines to be used in the United States and in the developing world that will increase the efficacy and efficiency of the prevention of infectious diseases. In carrying out such activities, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, develop and make available vaccines that require fewer contacts to deliver, that can be given early in life, that provide long lasting protection, that obviate refrigeration, needles and syringes, and that protect against a larger number of diseases. “(b) Report.— In the report required in section 2104, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Vaccine Program under title XXI, shall include information with respect to activities and the progress made in implementing the provisions of this section and achieving its goals. “(c) Authorization of Appropriations.— In addition to any other amounts authorized to be appropriated for activities of the type described in this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996”.