Vaccine Injury Compensation Act of 1983

Vaccine-Injury Compensation Act of 1983 - Directs the President to evaluate the establishment of a Federal program to compensate victims seriously injured by Government vaccination programs. Directs the President to design and report to Congress by July 1, 1984, such a proposed program and alternative programs, with associated costs, which: (1) do not propose creating a new agency or hiring additional Federal personnel; (2) ensure that victims of episodic vaccination programs and participants in all childhood vaccination programs are eligible for compensation; (3) propose options including the imposition of a vaccination fee to create a compensation trust fund; and (4) ensure that State governments participate in the administration and, if appropriate, the expense of the program.