PUBLIC LAW 117–4—MAR. 24, 2021  135 STAT. 247  Public Law 117–4  117th Congress  An Act  To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish COVID–19 vaccines to  certain individuals, and for other purposes.  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of  the United States of America in Congress assembled,  This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening and Amplifying  Vaccination Efforts to Locally Immunize All Veterans and Every  Spouse Act’’ or the ‘‘SAVE LIVES Act’’.  (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may furnish  a vaccine for COVID–19 to a covered individual during the COVID–  19 public health emergency.  (b) PRIORITIZATION.—In furnishing vaccines for COVID–19  under the laws administered by the Secretary, the Secretary shall—  (1) prioritize the vaccination of veterans who are enrolled  in the patient enrollment system, veterans who receive hospital  care and medical services pursuant to subsection (c)(2) of section  1705 of title 38, United States Code, and accompanying care- givers of such veterans before the vaccination of covered individ- uals not otherwise described in this paragraph; and  (2) only furnish vaccines for COVID–19 to covered individ- uals under this section to the extent that such vaccines are  available.  (c) TIMING OF VACCINES PROVIDED TO SPOUSES OF VETERANS.—  The Secretary may determine the timing for offering a vaccine  for COVID–19 to the spouse of a veteran from the Department  of Veterans Affairs.  (d) VACCINE ALLOCATION.—It is the sense of Congress that,  to the extent practicable based on the current national supply  chain, the Secretary of Health and Human Services should adjust  the allocation for the Department of Veterans Affairs for the vaccine  for COVID–19 based on the additional eligibility of covered individ- uals under this section.  (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:  (1) ACCOMPANYING CAREGIVER.—The term ‘‘accompanying  caregiver’’ means a caregiver described in subparagraph (D),  (E), or (F) of paragraph (2) who is accompanying a veteran  who is receiving a vaccine for COVID–19 furnished by the  Department.  Mar. 24, 2021  [H.R. 1276]  Strengthening  and Amplifying  Vaccination  Efforts to Locally  Immunize All  Veterans and  Every Spouse  Act.  38 USC 1701  note.  SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.  SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO FUR- NISH COVID–19 VACCINE TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS NOT  ENROLLED IN PATIENT ENROLLMENT SYSTEM OF DEPART- MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 