,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #digf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #ae1         
#bjbe,ms4 ,dexter 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,tonko1 ,ms4 ,mc,clellan1 ,ms4 ,norton1 
,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi1 ,mrs4
 ,mc,iver1 ,ms4 ,kamlager-,dove1 ,mr4   
,evans of ,pennsylvania1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1
 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,mr4 ,neguse1 ,ms4      
,pettersen1 ,mr4 ,thanedar1 and ,ms4    
,de,gette7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and ,workforce 
,a ,,bill  ,to improve understanding and
 policy responses to the impacts of     
wildfire smoke on children in           
educational and childcare settings1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,shielding ,students from ,wildfire     
,smoke ,act4  #b4 ,review of impacts of 
wildfire smoke on children in           
educational and childcare settings  7a7 
,in general  ,the ,administrator of the 
,environmental ,protection ,agency shall

 seek to enter into a contract with the 
,national ,academies of ,sciences1      
,engineering1 and ,medicine to conduct a
 review of existing school and childcare
 policies addressing wildfire smoke     
exposure1 both during and after a       
wildfire event1 to ensure that children 
in ,k-#ab educational settings and young
 children in childcare settings1        
including in out-of-school or           
out-of-childcare activities 7such as    
children's sports and summer camps7 that
 are administered by a school or        
childcare program are adequately        
protected from the risks posed by       
wildfire smoke4  7b7 ,elements ,the     
review under subsection 7a7 shall       
contain the following3 7#a7 ,an         
assessment of current standards1        
guidance1 and mitigation strategies for 
wildfire smoke in ,k-#ab educational    
settings and childcare settings1        
including in out-of-school or           
out-of-childcare activities4  7#b7 ,an  
identification of gaps in research and  

policy relating to such standards1      
guidance1 and strategies4  7#c7         
,recommendations to ,congress regarding 
strategies to better protect children   
during and after wildfire smoke events1 
including children in under-resourced   
,k-#ab educational settings and         
childcare settings4