Amends the Public Health Service Act to require that the U.S.
Official title: To amend the vaccine compensation title of the Public Health Service Act to authorize a sufficient number of special masters for the United States Claim Court to enable the court to become current in its case load by January 1, 1993.
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Amends the Public Health Service Act to require that the U.S. Claims Court office of special masters (which handles vaccine injury compensation petitions) have enough special masters to be current in the cases before it by January 1, 1993. (Current law limits the office to eight special masters.)
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Who introduced this
Fortney Stark
DU.S. Representative · CA-9
1 cosponsor — all Democrat
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