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Whereas the United States has experienced extraordinary 
wildfire impacts over the past several years, including un-
precedented wildfire smoke and dangerous air quality 
days across the country; 
Whereas there is strong scientific consensus that trends of 
more frequent and intense extreme weather and worsened 
air quality will continue to escalate in the coming dec-
ades; 
Whereas the threats of extreme heat and air pollution are 
closely related, with extreme heat contributing to condi-
tions conducive to wildfires and hot, sunny days linked to 
increased formation of ozone pollution; 
Whereas babies, children, and adolescents are uniquely vul-
nerable to the health impacts of extreme weather, includ-
ing heat-related illness, increased respiratory disease, in-
fectious diseases, storm-related displacement, and adverse 
psychological outcomes; 
Whereas young people’s vulnerability to extreme weather and 
poor air quality is inherent to their developing bodies and 
behavioral patterns, such as the fact that children take 
more breaths per minute than adults and are dispropor-
tionately exposed to pollutants in the air; 
Whereas exposure to extreme heat and air pollution during 
pregnancy have been linked to adverse birth outcomes 
that can have lasting and sometimes devastating con-
sequences, including preterm birth, low birth weight, and 
stillbirth; 
Whereas schools across the country are increasingly closing 
for heat days, and extreme heat is linked to impairment 
in children’s cognition, making it harder for them to 
learn at school and disrupting academic performance; 
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Whereas children and adolescents exposed to outdoor labor, 
including both the children of adult farmworkers and the 
estimated 500,000 child farmworkers in the United 
States, are especially vulnerable to the health impacts of 
extreme heat; 
Whereas increased drought occurrence and severity threaten 
food and water security, and babies, children, adoles-
cents, and pregnant people are more vulnerable to mal-
nutrition; 
Whereas young people’s respiratory health is threatened by 
air quality worsened by increasing wildfire smoke, chang-
ing dust patterns, and more ozone days; 
Whereas children and adolescents are already experiencing a 
mental health crisis and are more vulnerable than adults 
to experiencing interruption in education, separation from 
or harm to caregivers, adverse mental health impacts, 
and potentially life-altering trauma due to extreme 
weather disasters; 
Whereas the stress of maternal exposure to disasters like hur-
ricanes and wildfires during pregnancy heightens the risk 
of adverse birth outcomes and adverse mental health out-
comes in their children; 
Whereas the health of all babies, children, and adolescents is 
a fundamental building block of a healthy society; and 
Whereas young people’s unique vulnerabilities to the health 
harms of extreme weather and air pollution require spe-
cifically tailored considerations: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses the sense that adaptations to and 
protections from extreme weather conditions must be 
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developed and deployed rapidly and equitably, with 
consideration for the physical and mental health 
needs of both the current generation and all future 
generations of young people; 
(2) expresses the sense that legislation and 
funding addressing adaptation to and protections 
from extreme weather conditions must include con-
siderations and solutions tailored to the unique 
physical and mental health vulnerabilities and needs 
of babies, children, adolescents, and their families; 
and 
(3) expresses the sense that adaptive measures 
may include, but are not limited to— 
(A) accurate, timely, and easily accessible 
public alerts before, during, and after extreme 
weather events, such as hazardous air quality 
days, wildfires, extreme heat, strong storms, or 
anticipated flooding; 
(B) mutual aid networks, caregiver sup-
port, and community resilience programs; 
(C) language-accessible public information 
campaigns, such as for air quality, extreme 
heat, or disaster preparedness; 
(D) incorporation of education about the 
unique vulnerabilities of children and pregnant 
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people to extreme weather into professional 
training for health care professionals, edu-
cators, and child care providers; 
(E) incorporation of perspectives of par-
ents, caregivers, and other child care providers 
into disaster resilience planning efforts; 
(F) inclusion of education about the con-
sequences of heat exposure and first-aid treat-
ment measures for hyperthermia; 
(G) improved guidance for schools and 
child care providers on extreme weather, ex-
treme heat, and air pollution for schools; 
(H) improved air filtration systems in 
homes, schools, and child care facilities to ad-
dress numerous sources of air pollution, includ-
ing wildfire smoke, vehicle exhaust, and pollen; 
(I) updated physical and technological in-
frastructure of schools, child care facilities, and 
health care delivery systems serving children to 
withstand extreme weather disruption; 
(J) expanded access to public shaded green 
space, particularly in urban heat islands; 
(K) expanded access to safe places for chil-
dren and families during extreme weather and 
air pollution events, such as indoor play spaces, 
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child-friendly cooling centers, and child-friendly 
‘‘clean rooms’’ during wildfire smoke events; 
(L) access to diapers, baby bottles and for-
mula, safe and hygienic nursing spaces, and 
other critical supplies for babies in spaces 
where families may congregate during and after 
extreme weather, such as evacuation centers, 
emergency shelters, and cooling centers; 
(M) distribution of infant feeding kits be-
fore, during, and after emergencies; 
(N) adequate shade at playgrounds and 
school bus stops; 
(O) distribution of appropriate child-sized 
masks during wildfire smoke events or days of 
unhealthy air quality; and 
(P) expanded access to hydration and re-
filling stations. 
Æ 
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