118 S4045 IS: East Palestine Health Impact Monitoring Act of 2024 U.S. Senate 2024-03-21 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.

II118th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 4045IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESMarch 21, 2024Mr. 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 PensionsA BILLTo 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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Short title

This Act may be cited as the East Palestine Health Impact Monitoring Act of 2024.

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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.