[TomB]

Here are the relevant amendments:

SEC. 1714. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF MANUFAC- TURER. 23 Section 2133(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300aa–33(3)) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘under its label any vaccine set forth in the Vaccine Injury Table’’ and inserting ‘‘any vaccine set forth in the Vaccine Injury table, including any component or in- gredient of any such vaccine’’; and 5 (2) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘includ- ing any component or ingredient of any such vac- cine’’ before the period.

SEC. 1715. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF VACCINE-RE- LATED INJURY OR DEATH. Section 2133(5) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300aa–33(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘For purposes of the preceding sentence, an adulterant or contaminant shall not include any compo- nent or ingredient listed in a vaccine’s product license ap- plication or product label.

SEC. 1716. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF VACCINE. Section 2133 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300aa–33) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(7) The term ‘vaccine’ means any preparation or suspension, including but not limited to a prepa- ration or suspension containing an attenuated or in- active microorganism or subunit thereof or toxin, de- veloped or administered to produce or enhance the body’s immune response to a disease or diseases and includes all components and ingredients listed in the vaccines’s product license application and product label.

SEC. 1717. EFFECTIVE DATE. The amendments made by sections 1714, 1715, and 1716 shall apply to all actions or proceedings pending on or after the date of enactment of this Act, unless a court of competent jurisdiction has entered judgment (regard- less of whether the time for appeal has expired) in such action or proceeding disposing of the entire action or proceeding.

Those seem to be the only amendments that mention vaccines.

Maybe it's just that it's in legalese, but I don't see anything in there that they say is there.

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and finally:

Sec. 300aa-15. Compensation

(a) General rule. Compensation awarded under the Program to a petitioner under section 300aa-11 of this title for a vaccine-related injury or death associated with the administration of a vaccine after October 1, 1988, shall include the following:

(1)

(A) Actual unreimbursable expenses incurred from the date of the judgment awarding such expenses and reasonable projected unreimbursable expenses which - (i) result from the vaccine-related injury for which the petitioner seeks compensation, (ii) have been or will be incurred by or on behalf of the person who suffered such injury, and (iii)(I) have been or will be for diagnosis and medical or other remedial care determined to be reasonably necessary, or (II) have been or will be for rehabilitation, developmental evaluation, special education, vocational training and placement, case management services, counseling, emotional or behavioral therapy, residential and custodial care and service expenses, special equipment, related travel expenses, and facilities determined to be reasonably necessary.

(B) Subject to section 300aa-16(a)(2) of this title, actual unreimbursable expenses incurred before the date of the judgment awarding such expenses which - (i) resulted from the vaccine-related injury for which the petitioner seeks compensation, (ii) were incurred by or on behalf of the person who suffered such injury, and (iii) were for diagnosis, medical or other remedial care, rehabilitation, developmental evaluation, special education, vocational training and placement, case management services, counseling, emotional or behavioral therapy, residential and custodial care and service expenses, special equipment, related travel expenses, and facilities determined to be reasonably necessary.

(2) In the event of a vaccine-related death, an award of $250,000 for the estate of the deceased.