3.0.0 1500 2023-01-13T04:50:23Z 2023-01-13T04:50:23Z Senate S S 2005-07-26 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-07-26T22:30:45Z Environmental Health Research Act of 2005 109 3313 HR 2005-07-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2005-07-26 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2005-07-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA N C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2005-07-29 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2005-09-27 False Health Animals Chemicals Child development Child health Communication in medicine Communication in science Community health services Continuing education Department of Health and Human Services Ecological research Economics and Public Finance Education Environmental Protection Environmental estrogens Environmental health Environmental research Executive reorganization Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to research Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Higher education Hormones Medical education Medical research Medical screening Medical tests National Institutes of Health (NIH) Nursing education Preventive medicine Public Lands and Natural Resources Research centers Research grants Science, Technology, Communications Scientific education Wildlife conservation Women Women's health Health 00 2005-07-26 Introduced in Senate 2005-10-13T17:45:25Z Environmental Health Research Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of not more than six centers to conduct multidisciplinary research on environmental factors that may be related to the development of women's health conditions. Requires each center to conduct basic and clinical research, develop training protocols, conduct training, develop model continuing education programs, and disseminate information to professionals and the public, with priority to prevention activities.

Allows a center to use grant funds to provide stipends for health and allied health professionals enrolled in training programs.

Requires the Director to establish a comprehensive program to: (1) conduct research on the impact of chemicals that affect the health of women and children through disruption of the hormone system; (2) conduct research on the occurrence of hormone-disrupting chemicals in the environment and their effects on ecological and wildlife health; (3) coordinate the design of a multiagency research initiative on hormone disruption; and (4) coordinate research on hormone disruption in the United States with such research conducted in other nations.

Requires the Director to establish the Hormone Disruption Research Interagency Commission to advise the Director of the Institute and the Director of the United States Geological Survey on the development of a comprehensive agenda for conducting research on hormone disruption.

Establishes a Hormone Disruption Research Panel to advise the Director of the Institute on the scientific hormone-disruption research program.

]]> Environmental Health Research Act of 2005 Display Title Environmental Health Research Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to develop multidisciplinary research centers regarding women's health and disease prevention and to conduct and coordinate a research program on hormone disruption, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Environmental Health Research Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-07-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1500is/xml/BILLS-109s1500is.xml 2005-07-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.