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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. 

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 

A BILL 

To require a study on public health impacts as a consequence 

of the February 3, 2023, train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘East Palestine Health 

5 Impact Monitoring Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STUDY ON PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS AS A CON2 SEQUENCE OF THE TRAIN DERAILMENT IN 

3 EAST PALESTINE, OHIO. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

5 Human Services (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec6 retary’’), acting through the Centers for Disease Control 

7 and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and 

8 Disease Registry, and, as appropriate, the National Insti9 tute of Environmental Health Sciences, shall— 

10 (1) award a grant, contract, or cooperative 

11 agreement to an eligible entity, for purposes of— 

12 (A) conducting a study on the human 

13 health impacts as a consequence of the Feb14 ruary 3, 2023, train derailment in East Pal15 estine, Ohio, and subsequent venting and burn16 ing of liquid chemicals; 

17 (B) not later than one year after the date 

18 of the enactment of this Act, and annually 

19 thereafter until submission of the report under 

20 subparagraph (C), submitting to the appro21 priate congressional committees a report on the 

22 progress of the study under subparagraph (A); 

23 and 

24 (C) not later than 5 years after the date 

25 of enactment of this Act, completing such study 


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1 and submitting a report to the Secretary, which 

2 shall include any appropriate recommendations; 

3 (2) submit a report to the appropriate congres4 sional committees on the results of the study and re5 port under paragraph (1); and 

6 (3) not later than one year after the date of the 

7 enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until 

8 submission of the report under paragraph (2), sub9 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

10 report on the progress of the study, as reported by 

11 the eligible entity pursuant to paragraph (1)(B). 

12 (b) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—To be eligible for the award 

13 under subsection (a)(1), an entity shall be a group of pub14 lic or private institutions of higher education that dem15 onstrates requisite capacity and expertise to carry out the 

16 study described in such subsection and that has a physical 

17 presence in the 2 States directly impacted by the derail18 ment, Ohio and Pennsylvania. 

19 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE20 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate con21 gressional committees’’ means the Committee on Heath, 

22 Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on 

23 Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the 

24 Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 

25 Representatives. 


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1 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Health 

3 and Human Services $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

4 2024 through 2028 to carry out the study under this sub5 section. 

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