3.0.0 1068 2023-01-11T19:47:33Z 2023-01-11T19:47:33Z Senate S S 2007-03-29 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-29T20:51:16Z 2007-03-29 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-03-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4207-4208) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL N K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-03-29 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-03-29 True Health Agriculture and Food Chemicals Chronically ill Commerce Community health services Community organization Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Demography Economics and Public Finance Education Employee training Environmental Protection Environmental health Environmental justice Environmental law enforcement Environmental monitoring Environmental research Environmentally induced diseases Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Grants-in-aid Hazardous wastes Health planning Health surveys Higher education Labor and Employment Medical education Medical research Medical statistics Minorities Minority health Preventive medicine Public health personnel Public-private partnerships Science, Technology, Communications Soil pollution Strategic planning Health 00 2007-03-29 Introduced in Senate 2007-04-25T18:53:51Z Healthy Communities Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Advisory Committee on Environmental Health to review environmental health data and studies to: (1) assess the impact of federal laws, policies, and practices on environmental health and justice; and (2) identify and recommend ways to change or ensure compliance with federal laws, address gaps in federal environmental health research, and prevent or mitigate harm from federal policies, programs, and practices that may adversely affect environmental health or justice.

Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prepare a biennial Environmental Health Report Card for the nation and for each state.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish the Health Action Zone Program to award grants to at-risk communities for comprehensive environmental health improvement activities; and (2) expand and intensify environmental health research.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to provide grants and technical assistance to enable states to develop or expand activities related to biomonitoring of exposure to environmental toxicants and pollutants. Requires the Secretary to: (1) promote translation and dissemination of findings; and (2) incorporate the data collected under this Act with existing data collection efforts.

Requires the Director to expand training and educational activities relating to environmental health and justice for health professionals and public health practitioners.

]]> Healthy Communities Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote healthy communities. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Healthy Communities Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Healthy Communities Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1068is/xml/BILLS-110s1068is.xml 2007-03-29 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.