Urges Congress to compel Department of Health and Human Services to fulfill its obligations pursuant to the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986.

AR 16 is a New Jersey Assembly resolution urging Congress to require the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to comply with the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (NCVIA). Specifically, it calls for HHS Secretary to submit the legally mandated biennial reports detailing actions taken to improve vaccine safety, which HHS has not done since 1989. The resolution does not create new requirements but seeks to compel HHS to fulfill existing obligations under the NCVIA. It directly affects HHS and Congress, as it requests congressional action to enforce the law. This is a procedural resolution, not a policy change.