East Palestine Health Impact Monitoring Act of 2024
HR 8537, the East Palestine Health Impact Monitoring Act of 2024, requires the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to fund a long-term health study on the effects of the February 3, 2023, train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The bill directs HHS to award grants to university consortia with community ties to study human health impacts from the derailment and subsequent chemical venting and burning. It mandates two progress reports to Congress (within two years of funding and one year after study results are published) detailing study challenges, timelines, and findings. The bill authorizes up to $1 million in funding for fiscal year 2025, available until September 2029, to support this research.
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in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
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Introduced May 23, 2024
Last action May 31, 2024
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May 31, 2024
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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May 23, 2024
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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May 23, 2024
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Introduced in House
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1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
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