§ 300aa-34. Termination of program
(a)
Reviews
The Secretary shall review the number of awards of compensation made under the program to petitioners under section
300aa–11 of this title for vaccine-related injuries and deaths associated with the administration of vaccines on or after December 22, 1987, as follows:
(b)
Report
(1)
If in conducting a review under subsection (a) of this section the Secretary determines that at the end of the period reviewed the total number of awards made by the end of that period and accepted under section
300aa–21
(a) of this title exceeds the number of awards listed next to the period reviewed in the table in paragraph (2)—
(B)
beginning 180 days after the receipt by Congress of a notification under paragraph (1), no petition for a vaccine-related injury or death associated with the administration of a vaccine on or after December 22, 1987, may be filed under section
300aa–11 of this title.
(2)
The table referred to in paragraph (1) is as follows:
Total number of awards
by the end of the period
Period reviewed:
reviewed
12 months after December 22, 1987
150
13th through the 15th month after December 22, 1987
188
16th through the 18th month after December 22, 1987
225
19th through the 21st month after December 22, 1987
263
22nd through the 24th month after December 22, 1987
300
25th through the 27th month after December 22, 1987
338
28th through the 30th month after December 22, 1987
375
31st through the 33rd month after December 22, 1987
413
34th through the 36th month after December 22, 1987
450
37th through the 39th month after December 22, 1987
488
40th through the 42nd month after December 22, 1987
525
43rd through the 45th month after December 22, 1987
563
46th through the 48th month after December 22, 1987
600.