; Whereas only 30 percent of adults in the United States are vaccinated against hepatitis B; Whereas the number of reported acute hepatitis B cases increased by 11 percent nationwide between 2014 and 2018; Whereas, as a result of the drug use epidemic, there have been significant regional increases in acute hepatitis B cases in the United States, including— (1) a 489 percent increase in acute hepatitis B infections from 2015 to 2016 in Maine; (2) a reported 114 percent increase from 2009 to 2013 in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Tennessee; (3) a reported 78 percent increase in 2017 in southeastern Massachusetts; and (4) a reported 56 percent increase from 2014 to 2016 in North Carolina; Whereas 36 percent of new hepatitis B cases are among people who inject drugs; Whereas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hepatitis B is 50 to 100 times more infectious than HIV and 5 to 10 times more infectious than hepatitis C; and Whereas there are significant opportunities, particularly within the setting of the drug use epidemic, to prevent new hepatitis B infections and thereby reduce the incidence of liver cancer and cirrhosis through efforts to— (1) increase adult hepatitis B vaccination; and (2) maintain childhood hepatitis B vaccination: Now, therefore, be it