---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 300aa–5"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "300aa–5"
heading: "National Vaccine Advisory Committee"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/300aa-5"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter XIX — Vaccines"
  - "Part 1"
---

# §300aa–5. National Vaccine Advisory Committee

- (a) There is established the National Vaccine [Advisory Committee](/usc/42/17061.md?p=2). The [members](/usc/42/300e–1.md?p=3) of the Committee shall be appointed by the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the [Program](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4), in consultation with the National Academy of Sciences, from among individuals who are engaged in vaccine research or the [manufacture](/usc/42/300aa–33.md?p=3) of vaccines or who are physicians, [members](/usc/42/300e–1.md?p=3) of parent organizations concerned with immunizations, or representatives of [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) or local health [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) or public health organizations.
- (b) The Committee shall—
  - (1) study and recommend ways to encourage the availability of an adequate supply of safe and effective vaccination products in the [States](/usc/42/201.md?p=f),
  - (2) recommend research priorities and other measures the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the [Program](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) should take to enhance the safety and efficacy of vaccines,
  - (3) advise the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the [Program](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) in the implementation of sections [300aa–2](/usc/42/300aa–2.md), [300aa–3](/usc/42/300aa–3.md), and [300aa–4](/usc/42/300aa–4.md)[^1] of this title, and
  - (4) identify annually for the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the [Program](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) the most important areas of government and non-government cooperation that should be considered in implementing sections [300aa–2](/usc/42/300aa–2.md), [300aa–3](/usc/42/300aa–3.md), and [300aa–4](/usc/42/300aa–4.md)[^1] of this title.

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXI, § 2105, as added Pub. L. 99–660, title III, § 311(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3758.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 300aa–4 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), (4), was repealed by Pub. L. 105–362, title VI, § 601(a)(1)(H), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3285.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 300aa–5, act July 1, 1944, § 2106, was successively renumbered by subsequent acts and transferred, see section 238c of this title.

A prior section 2105 of act July 1, 1944, was repealed by Pub. L. 99–117, § 12(f), Oct. 7, 1985, 99 Stat. 495. See section 300cc–4 of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Termination of Advisory Committees

Advisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. See section 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Pub. L. 93–641, § 6, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2275, set out as a note under section 217a of this title, provided that an advisory committee established pursuant to the Public Health Service Act shall terminate at such time as may be specifically prescribed by an Act of Congress enacted after Jan. 4, 1975.