[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4045 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4045

  To require a study on public health impacts as a consequence of the 
      February 3, 2023, train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 21, 2024

   Mr. Vance (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Fetterman, and Mr. Casey) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require a study on public health impacts as a consequence of the 
      February 3, 2023, train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

    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 ``East Palestine Health Impact 
Monitoring Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. STUDY ON PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE TRAIN 
              DERAILMENT IN EAST PALESTINE, OHIO.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(referred to in this section as the ``Secretary''), acting through the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry, and, as appropriate, the National 
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, shall--
            (1) award a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement to an 
        eligible entity, for purposes of--
                    (A) conducting a study on the human health impacts 
                as a consequence of the February 3, 2023, train 
                derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and subsequent 
                venting and burning of liquid chemicals;
                    (B) not later than one year after the date of the 
                enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until 
                submission of the report under subparagraph (C), 
                submitting to the appropriate congressional committees 
                a report on the progress of the study under 
                subparagraph (A); and
                    (C) not later than 5 years after the date of 
                enactment of this Act, completing such study and 
                submitting a report to the Secretary, which shall 
                include any appropriate recommendations;
            (2) submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
        committees on the results of the study and report under 
        paragraph (1); and
            (3) not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act, and annually thereafter until submission of the 
        report under paragraph (2), submit to the appropriate 
        congressional committees a report on the progress of the study, 
        as reported by the eligible entity pursuant to paragraph 
        (1)(B).
    (b) Eligible Entity.--To be eligible for the award under subsection 
(a)(1), an entity shall be a group of public or private institutions of 
higher education that demonstrates requisite capacity and expertise to 
carry out the study described in such subsection and that has a 
physical presence in the 2 States directly impacted by the derailment, 
Ohio and Pennsylvania.
    (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the 
Committee on Heath, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services $2,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028 to carry out the study under 
this subsection.
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