[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1311 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1311

To provide for a review of all Federal programs that assess or mitigate 
  the risks to women's health from environmental exposures, and for a 
study of the research needs of the Federal Government relating to such 
                                 risks.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 1995

Ms. Slaughter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for a review of all Federal programs that assess or mitigate 
  the risks to women's health from environmental exposures, and for a 
study of the research needs of the Federal Government relating to such 
                                 risks.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Risk Assessment in Women's 
Health Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY REVIEW.

    The Office of Science and Technology Policy, through the Federal 
Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology, and in 
consultation with the Office of Research on Women's Health of the 
National Institutes of Health, shall conduct a review of all Federal 
programs that assess or mitigate the risks to women's health from 
environmental exposures, including programs setting standards for 
exposure to various pollutants, toxic substances, pesticide use, and 
pesticide residues. The results of such review, including 
recommendations for ensuring that women's health needs are addressed by 
Federal programs and policies, shall be transmitted to the Congress 
within 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. STUDY OF RESEARCH NEEDS.

    The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences shall enter 
into a contract with the National Research Council of the National 
Academy of Sciences for the carrying out by such Council, in 
consultation with the Office of Research on Women's Health of the 
National Institutes of Health, for a study to determine the status of 
the science base and needs of the Federal Government for research 
relating to the risks to women's health from environmental exposures, 
for the purpose of assessing and mitigating such risks. The results of 
such study shall be transmitted to the Congress within one year after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
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