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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. 

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 

A BILL 

To prohibit any reduction, consolidation, or termination of 

offices and activities related to science research within 

the Environmental Protection Agency. 

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 ‘‘Healthy Environment 

5 for Children Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF REDUCTION, CONSOLIDATION, OR 

2 TERMINATION OF THE NATIONAL CENTER 

3 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OF THE 

4 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Envi6 ronmental Protection Agency— 

7 (1) may not reduce, consolidate, or terminate 

8 the National Center for Environmental Research; 

9 and 

10 (2) shall take such actions as are necessary to 

11 ensure that— 

12 (A) no reduction, consolidation, or termi13 nation occurs with respect to the activities de14 scribed in subsection (b) that is not otherwise 

15 required by law; and 

16 (B) each activity described in such sub17 section is carried out to the full extent provided 

18 by law. 

19 (b) PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH AREAS.—The activi20 ties under this subsection include all intramural grants, 

21 extramural grants, and research carried out by the Na22 tional Center for Environmental Research, including— 

23 (1) research and grants to protect the health of 

24 children and adults from chemical exposure; 

25 (2) funding for the Science To Achieve Results 

26 program that provides grants given to Children’s 


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1 Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Re2 search Centers; 

3 (3) research intended to reduce children’s 

4 health risks from environmental factors; 

5 (4) research on air pollution, climate change, 

6 and air quality and their impacts on children and 

7 adults, including expecting mothers and newborns; 

8 (5) research on water quality, availability, and 

9 potential contaminants that could affect the health 

10 of children; 

11 (6) safer chemical research grants supporting 

12 the development of innovative science to support 

13 safer, more sustainable use of chemicals in consumer 

14 products; 

15 (7) research grants to protect ecosystems and 

16 the air and water resources that provide numerous 

17 benefits for humans; 

18 (8) sustainability research to understand the 

19 conditions under which humans and nature can exist 

20 in productive harmony to support present and future 

21 generations; and 

22 (9) grants, fellowships, or competitions related 

23 to any of the 6 research programs supported by the 

24 Office of Research and Development, including the 

25 Small Business Innovation Research program, the 


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1 Science To Achieve Results program, and the Peo2 ple, Prosperity and the Planet program. 

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