Rep. Roy Re-Introduces Legislation to Remove Federal Liability Protections for COVID-19 Vaccines

Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) re-introduced H.R.1432, the Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act today, a bill that would empower Americans to hold COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers liable for any harms their vaccines caused.

Congressman Roy said the following about this legislation:

“The government-healthcare industrial complex’s response to COVID-19 was a tragedy for healthcare freedom. Millions of Americans were forced to choose between a largely untested vaccine or their livelihood, leading to many suffering a range of vaccine injuries as a result. 

Few have been afforded proper recourse. The COVID-19 vaccine is the most liability-protected vaccine on the market right now. To date, only 50 injury cases have been opened and paid out, despite hundreds of millions of doses administered.

The American people harmed by this deserve justice. I am re-introducing the LIABLE Act to give Americans who were injured by the COVID-19 vaccines a chance to have their day in court and their injuries properly addressed."

The LIABLE Act would empower injured Americans by:

• Removing all federal liability protections for the COVID-19 vaccine;
• Preserving the ability of injured Americans to access pre-existing compensation programs; and
• Specifying the bill is retroactive to ensure Americans who received the COVID-19 vaccine before the bill is enacted benefit.

Co-sponsors of the bill include Representatives Thomas Massie (KY-04), Josh Breechen (OK-02), Michael Cloud (TX-27), Clay Higgins (LA-03), Eli Crane (AZ-02), Paul Gosar (AZ-09), Warren Davidson (OH-08), Ralph Norman (SC-05), and Scott Perry (PA-10).

Supporting organizations of the bill include React19.

“In exchange for our constitutional right to sue, the US taxpayer is set to foot the bill for all Covid vaccine harms. This inevitable multi-billion dollar bill is an unnecessary burden on the taxpayer. Chip Roy’s bill would put the responsibility back where it belongs, on the manufacturer.” - Brianne Dressen, Co-Chairwoman, and Joel Wallskog, Co-Chairman, React 19.

Full text of the legislation here.