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Homeland Security Act

This folder deals with the Homeland Security Act and some very serious concerns regarding vaccines including the smallpox vaccine. ***ADOBE is required to view some pages. You may obtain Adobe free from our homepage at the bottom.****

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Current status of H.R. 5710 - Type in HR 5710 for the bill number. When the bill comes up click on "Bill Summary & Status" and this will have all legislative activity with this bill.

Smallpox & Forced Vaccination: What Every American Needs to Know - This newsletter has excellent information on smallpox and is well-cited with 81 citations.

November 19, 2002 Update This has current information on the Homeland Security Bill as of late Tuesday, November 19, 2002.

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U.S. Senators Contact Information - This has all the contact information for all the Senators.

CTVIA & PROVE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS You may cut and paste this into any email correspondence with your Senators.

History and Action Steps for HR 5710 This information provides some basic information on 5710 and methods of contacting your Senator and what to ask for regarding 5710.

CTVIA Press Release

US Senators Direct Email This has all the senators direct email or contact information. Please Note: The senators at the bottom of the document do not provide direct email. You will have to go to that link and cut and paste your comments.

Smallpox & other Biological Weapons Fact Sheet

Homeland Security Act of 2002 This is the bill that will be taken up by the U.S. Senate. Section 304, beginning on p. 74, of H.R. 5710 pertains to vaccination and smallpox.

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U.S. House Roll Call Vote on the Homeland Security Bill - See how your U.S. Representative voted.

Smallpox vaccine, known as Dryvax, package insert This package insert contains all the information on the smallpox vaccine, including information under "storage" about the expiration date on p. 9. This vaccine was last distributed to the public at large in the early 1970s.

Rep. Burton "Dear Colleague" Letter to Senators This 11/18/02 letter addresses the fact and faction surrounding mercury, thimerosal, in vaccines.

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RedFlagsWeekly.com - Eli Lilly and Thimerosal Summary Judgement...very interesting.

Contraindications for Smallpox Vaccine This lists the groups of people who should not get the smallpox vaccine under non-emergency situations.

Newspaper Reports and other organizations on Homeland Security