,,ii  ,calendar ,no4 #dbf  #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  ,june #ah1 #bjbd ,reported by
 ,mr4 ,sanders1 with an amendment       
,strike out all after the enacting      
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic  ,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  #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 ,secretary7   
shall award a grant1 contract1 or       
cooperative agreement to an eligible    

entity for purposes of conducting a     
longitudinal study on any human health  
effects as a consequence of the         
,february #c1 #bjbc1 train derailment in
 ,east ,palestine1 ,ohio1 and subsequent
 venting and burning of chemicals4  7b7 
,eligible entity ,to be eligible for the
 award under subsection 7a71 an entity  
shall be a consortium of public or      
private institutions of higher education
 that demonstrates requisite capacity   
and expertise to carry out the study    
described in such subsection4 ,the      
,secretary shall give additional        
consideration to eligible entities that 
have established relationships within   
the affected communities of ,ohio and   
,pennsylvania4  7c7 ,reports ,the       
,secretary shall submit to the          
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions of the ,senate and
 the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce
 of the ,house of ,representatives--    
7#a7 not later than #b years after the  
date on which an award is made under    

subsection 7a71 a report summarizing the
 progress of the study under such       
subsection1 including a description of  
any challenges related to conducting the
 study and an anticipated timeline for  
completion of the study and publication 
of the results of the study2 and  7#b7  
not later than #a year after publication
 of the results of the study1 a report  
describing such results and any ongoing 
or planned activities of the ,secretary 
to support or conduct further research  
or1 as appropriate1 otherwise address   
the findings of such study4  7d7        
,authorization of appropriations ,to    
carry out this ,act1 there is authorized
 to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal year #bjbe1 to     
remain available until ,september #cj1  
#bjbi4  ,june #ah1 #bjbd ,reported with 
an amendment