Take Your Shot Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3799 To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to develop and administer a national incentive program to provide prizes for qualified vaccinated individuals. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 8, 2021 Ms. TITUS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris- diction of the committee concerned A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to develop and administer a national incentive program to provide prizes for qualified vaccinated individuals. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Take Your Shot Act’’. 4 SEC. 2. NATIONAL INCENTIVE PROGRAM. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury 6 shall establish a national incentive program (in this sec- 7 tion referred to as the ‘‘Program’’) to provide 100 cash 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:20 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3799.IH H3799 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3799 IH prizes to certain individuals who have received at least 1 1 COVID–19 vaccination approved by, or authorized for 2 emergency use by, the Food and Drug Administration. 3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Secretary shall establish 4 the Program not later than 30 days after the date of en- 5 actment of this Act. 6 (c) ELIGIBILITY FOR THE PROGRAM.— 7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para- 8 graph (2), to be eligible for a prize under the Pro- 9 gram, an individual shall— 10 (A) be age 18 or older on the date of en- 11 actment of this Act; 12 (B) have a valid— 13 (i) Social Security number; or 14 (ii) Individual Taxpayer Identification 15 Number; and 16 (C) not have previously been selected as a 17 winner of a prize under this section. 18 (2) EXCEPTIONS.—Federal elected officials and 19 Cabinet members are ineligible to receive a prize 20 under the Program. 21 (d) SELECTION OF PRIZE WINNERS.—Of the individ- 22 uals eligible to receive a prize under subsection (c), the 23 Secretary shall select at random individuals to win a prize 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:20 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3799.IH H3799 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3799 IH under this section, subject to the verification described in 1 subsection (e)(1). 2 (e) AWARDING OF PRIZES.— 3 (1) VERIFICATION.—The Secretary shall con- 4 sult with the Secretary of Health and Human Serv- 5 ices to determine whether each individual selected 6 under subsection (d) has received at least 1 COVID– 7 19 vaccination approved by, or authorized for emer- 8 gency use by, the Food and Drug Administration. 9 The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 10 confirm the vaccination status of a winner of a prize 11 under the Program. The confirmation in the pre- 12 ceding sentence may be carried out with the assist- 13 ance of a State or local department of health, if nec- 14 essary. The Secretary shall verify each such indi- 15 vidual not later than 90 days after the establishment 16 of the Program. 17 (2) AWARD.—If the Secretary verifies the re- 18 quired vaccination status of an individual selected 19 under subsection (d), the Secretary shall award a 20 prize described in subsection (f) to such individual. 21 (3) PROHIBITION ON PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.— 22 Personally identifying information of a winner of a 23 prize under the Program shall not be publicly dis- 24 closed by Federal agencies. Only the county and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:20 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3799.IH H3799 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3799 IH State of such winner shall be made public by the 1 Secretary. 2 (4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 3 Act shall be construed to authorize the Secretary of 4 Health and Human Services to establish a national 5 COVID–19 vaccine registry for the purposes of de- 6 termining eligibility for a prize under the Program. 7 (f) PRIZES.—A winner of a prize under this section 8 shall receive $1,000,000 not later than 30 days after the 9 verification described in subsection (e)(1). Prize money 10 shall not be considered Federal taxable income. 11 (g) DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.—Except as other- 12 wise provided, in this section, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 13 the Secretary of the Treasury. 14 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 15 authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for prizes 16 under the Program. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:20 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3799.IH H3799 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with BILLS