,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ag1 #bjbe,ms4 
,dexter 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1   
,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,ansari1 ,ms4        
,randall1 ,ms4 ,barragn1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 
,mr4 ,ruiz1 ,mr4 ,schneider1 ,ms4       
,simon1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,mr4  
,carbajal1 ,mr4 ,bell1 and ,mr4         
,thanedar7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,health and ,human ,services to declare 
a public health emergency in connection 
with health risks associated with       
climate change1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,climate ,health ,emergency ,act
 of #bjbe4  #b4 ,findings ,congress     
finds the following3  7#a7 ,in the past 
decade1 the ,secretary of ,health and   
,human ,services has declared or renewed
 a public health emergency #abj times4  
,of those declarations and renewals--   

7,a7 #ff were related to extreme weather
 events2  7,b7 #ad were related to      
,,covid-#ai2  7,c7 #b were related to   
earthquakes2  7,d7 #b were related to   
,mpox2  7,e7 #cb were related to the    
opioid crisis2 and  7,f7 #d were related
 to ,zika4  7#b7 ,a preponderance of    
evidence shows that climate change is   
driving or1 at a minimum1 exacerbating  
extreme weather events and the          
transmission of infectious diseases4    
,therefore1 climate change can be linked
 to more than half of all public health 
emergency declarations over the past    
decade4  7#c7 ,for this reason1 entities
 7including the ,world ,health          
,organization7 have identified climate  
change as the most significant health   
threat of the #bast century4 ,yet the   
public health infrastructure of the     
,united ,states remains woefully        
unprepared to meet the increased demand 
that climate-related public health      
crises continue to drive4  7#d7 ,the    
,united ,states bears a moral and       

strategic responsibility to confront    
climate-related public health crises    
with the urgency such crises demand4 ,to
 protect communities in the ,united     
,states1 and the most vulnerable        
individuals within such communities1 the
 ,nation must mobilize ,federal         
resources1 enable data sharing1 exercise
 emergency authorities1 and coordinate  
across agencies to build a public health
 system that is resilient to the        
intensifying threat of climate change4  
#c4 ,declaration of public health       
emergency ,the ,secretary of ,health and
 ,human ,services shall declare a public
 health emergency under section #cai of 
the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db  
,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d7 in connection with    
health risks associated with climate    
change4