,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #djde  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ba1    
#bjbd,mr4 ,vance 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,brown1 ,mr4 ,fetterman1 and ,mr4       
,casey7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,health1 ,education1     
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
require a study on public health impacts
 as a consequence of the ,february #c1  
#bjbc1 train derailment in ,east        
,palestine1 ,ohio4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,east    
,palestine ,health ,impact ,monitoring  
,act of #bjbd4  #b4 ,study on public    
health impacts as a consequence of the  
train derailment in ,east ,palestine1   
,ohio  7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services         
7referred to in this section as the     
,secretary71 acting through the ,centers
 for ,disease ,control and ,prevention  
and the ,agency for ,toxic ,substances  
and ,disease ,registry1 and1 as         

appropriate1 the ,national ,institute of
 ,environmental ,health ,sciences1      
shall-- 7#a7 award a grant1 contract1 or
 cooperative agreement to an eligible   
entity1 for purposes of-- 7,a7          
conducting a study on the human health  
impacts as a consequence of the         
,february #c1 #bjbc1 train derailment in
 ,east ,palestine1 ,ohio1 and subsequent
 venting and burning of liquid          
chemicals2  7,b7 not later than one year
 after the date of the enactment of this
 ,act1 and annually thereafter until    
submission of the report under          
subparagraph 7,c71 submitting to the    
appropriate congressional committees a  
report on the progress of the study     
under subparagraph 7,a72 and  7,c7 not  
later than #e years after the date of   
enactment of this ,act1 completing such 
study and submitting a report to the    
,secretary1 which shall include any     
appropriate recommendations2  7#b7      
submit a report to the appropriate      
congressional committees on the results 

of the study and report under paragraph 
7#a72 and  7#c7 not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 and annually thereafter until     
submission of the report under paragraph
 7#b71 submit to the appropriate        
congressional committees a report on the
 progress of the study1 as reported by  
the eligible entity pursuant to         
paragraph 7#a77;,b74  7b7 ,eligible     
entity ,to be eligible for the award    
under subsection 7a77#a71 an entity     
shall be a group of public or private   
institutions of higher education that   
demonstrates requisite capacity and     
expertise to carry out the study        
described in such subsection and that   
has a physical presence in the #b       
,states directly impacted by the        
derailment1 ,ohio and ,pennsylvania4    
7c7 ,appropriate congressional          
committees defined ,in this subsection1 
the term appropriate congressional      
committees means the ,committee on      
,heath1 ,education1 ,labor1 and         

,pensions and the ,committee on         
,environment and ,public ,works of the  
,senate and the ,committee on ,energy   
and ,commerce of the ,house of          
,representatives4  7d7 ,authorization of
 appropriations ,there is authorized to 
be appropriated to the ,secretary of    
,health and ,human ,services #b1jjj1jjj 
for each of fiscal years #bjbd through  
#bjbh to carry out the study under this 
subsection4