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U.S. SENATE |
Bills
that Mention ATSDR
107th Congress, 1st Session, 2001 |
Bills are listed if they mention the agency or if some of its provisions might affect the agency’s activities. The listing of a bill does not indicate either ATSDR support or opposition.
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Sponsor: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Cosponsors: none Introduced: May 9, 2001 |
Purpose:
A bill to protect children and other vulnerable subpopulations from exposure
to environmental pollutants, to protect children from exposure to pesticides
in schools, and to provide parents with information concerning toxic chemicals
that pose risks to children, and for other purposes.
Relevance: The Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Health and Human Services shall coordinate and support basic research to examine the health effects and toxicity of environmental pollutants on children and other vulnerable subpopulations, and the exposure of children and vulnerable subpopulations to environmental pollutants. The EPA, DHHS, including the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and other Federal agencies should support research on the short-term and long-term health effects of cumulative and synergistic exposures of children and other vulnerable subpopulations to environmental pollutants. Bill Status: Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
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Sponsor: Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) Cosponsors: 2 Democrats Introduced: May 23, 2001 Related Bills: H.R. 1990 Note: Title II, Subtitle E, Chapter 1, of the bill incorporates the provisions of S. 855, the Children's Environmental Protection Act. |
Purpose:
A bill to improve children's health and welfare.
Relevance: Under Title II, Subtitle E, Chapter 1, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Health and Human Services shall coordinate and support basic research to examine the health effects and toxicity of environmental pollutants on children and other vulnerable subpopulations, and the exposure of children and vulnerable subpopulations to environmental pollutants. The EPA, DHHS, including the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and other Federal agencies should support research on the short-term and long-term health effects of cumulative and synergistic exposures of children and other vulnerable subpopulations to environmental pollutants. Bill Status: Referred to the Committee on Finance. |
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Sponsor: Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Cosponsors: None Introduced: July 20, 2001 |
Purpose:
Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing
and Urban Development, and
for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002. Relevance:The bill would fund ATSDR at $78,235,000. Bill language limits availability of funds to 40 toxicological profiles in fiscal year 2002. Senate report language encourages ATSDR to continue at least its current level of funding for the Great Lakes fish consumption study, and it directs ATSDR to complete a feasibility study by December 31, 2001, for establishing a fish consumption advisory pilot program in Michigan. It also directs ATSDR and CDC to: continue to place the highest priority on their investigation of possible environmental causes of a childhood leukemia cluster in Fallon, Nevada; to work with NIH and the Department of Defense to study the "population mixing" theory; support the work of the Nevada Public Health Office; and conducting other investigations as recommended by the Nevada Public Health Officer's expert panel. Bill Status: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent (instead, the Senate passed H.R. 2620, the House version of the bill; see "Bills That Mention ATSDR 2001.") |
Contact Name: Jason Broehm / JBroehm@cdc.gov
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