House Appropriators Include Money for mRNA Vaccine Research in Spending Bill

Lawmakers included $1.1 billion that can be used for the research.

Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.) in Washington on Sept. 13, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The House Appropriations Committee has approved a spending bill for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that authorizes the department to spend up to $1.1 billion on research into messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) technology.

Lawmakers on Sept. 9 advanced the $184.5 billion package for HHS and several other agencies from the committee after hours of markups. The vote was 35 to 28.