Environmental Health Research Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3313
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Animals
Chemicals
Child development
Child health
Communication in medicine
Communication in science
Community health services
Continuing education
Department of Health and Human Services
Ecological research
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Environmental Protection
Environmental estrogens
Environmental health
Environmental research
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Higher education
Hormones
Medical education
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical tests
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Nursing education
Preventive medicine
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Research centers
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Wildlife conservation
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Environmental Health Research Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of not more than six centers to conduct multidisciplinary research on environmental factors that may be related to the development of women's health conditions. Requires each center to conduct basic and clinical research, develop training protocols, conduct training, develop model continuing education programs, and disseminate information to professionals and the public, with priority to prevention activities. 
 
Allows a center to use grant funds to provide stipends for health and allied health professionals enrolled in training programs.
 
Requires the Director to establish a comprehensive program to: (1) conduct research on the impact of chemicals that affect the health of women and children through disruption of the hormone system; (2) conduct research on the occurrence of hormone-disrupting chemicals in the environment and their effects on ecological and wildlife health; (3) coordinate the design of a multiagency research initiative on hormone disruption; and (4) coordinate research on hormone disruption in the United States with such research conducted in other nations.
 
 Requires the Director to establish the Hormone Disruption Research Interagency Commission to advise the Director of the Institute and the Director of the United States Geological Survey on the development of a comprehensive agenda for conducting research on hormone disruption.
 
Establishes a Hormone Disruption Research Panel to advise the Director of the Institute on the scientific hormone-disruption research program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House