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[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5604 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5604

To prohibit any reduction, consolidation, or termination of offices and 
    activities related to science research within the Environmental 
                           Protection Agency.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 24, 2018

 Mr. McEachin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL

 
To prohibit any reduction, consolidation, or termination of offices and 
    activities related to science research within the Environmental 
                           Protection Agency.

    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 ``Healthy Environment for Children 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF REDUCTION, CONSOLIDATION, OR TERMINATION OF THE 
              NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OF THE 
              ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency--
            (1) may not reduce, consolidate, or terminate the National 
        Center for Environmental Research; and
            (2) shall take such actions as are necessary to ensure 
        that--
                    (A) no reduction, consolidation, or termination 
                occurs with respect to the activities described in 
                subsection (b) that is not otherwise required by law; 
                and
                    (B) each activity described in such subsection is 
                carried out to the full extent provided by law.
    (b) Programs and Research Areas.--The activities under this 
subsection include all intramural grants, extramural grants, and 
research carried out by the National Center for Environmental Research, 
including--
            (1) research and grants to protect the health of children 
        and adults from chemical exposure;
            (2) funding for the Science To Achieve Results program that 
        provides grants given to Children's Environmental Health and 
        Disease Prevention Research Centers;
            (3) research intended to reduce children's health risks 
        from environmental factors;
            (4) research on air pollution, climate change, and air 
        quality and their impacts on children and adults, including 
        expecting mothers and newborns;
            (5) research on water quality, availability, and potential 
        contaminants that could affect the health of children;
            (6) safer chemical research grants supporting the 
        development of innovative science to support safer, more 
        sustainable use of chemicals in consumer products;
            (7) research grants to protect ecosystems and the air and 
        water resources that provide numerous benefits for humans;
            (8) sustainability research to understand the conditions 
        under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony 
        to support present and future generations; and
            (9) grants, fellowships, or competitions related to any of 
        the 6 research programs supported by the Office of Research and 
        Development, including the Small Business Innovation Research 
        program, the Science To Achieve Results program, and the 
        People, Prosperity and the Planet program.
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