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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2339
5	5	To require the Office of Children’s Health Protection to be maintained within
6	6	the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	MARCH25, 2025
9	9	Mr. N
10	10	ADLER(for himself, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. CASTORof Florida, Ms.
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12	12	LAIB, Mr. MAGAZINER, Mr. COHEN, Ms. LEEof Pennsylvania, Ms.
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14	14	OKUDA, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. NORTON, Mr. JOHNSON
15	15	of Georgia, Mr. C
16	16	ARSON, Ms. DEXTER, Ms. CHU, Mr. EVANSof Pennsyl-
17	17	vania, Mr. S
18	18	ORENSEN, and Mr. THANEDAR) introduced the following bill;
19	19	which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
20	20	A BILL
21	21	To require the Office of Children’s Health Protection to
22	22	be maintained within the Environmental Protection
23	23	Agency, and for other purposes.
24	24	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
25	25	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
26	26	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
27	27	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Children’s Health Pro-4
28	28	tection Act of 2025’’. 5
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32	32	SEC. 2. OFFICE OF CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROTECTION. 1
33	33	(a) I
34	34	NGENERAL.—The Administrator of the Envi-2
35	35	ronmental Protection Agency shall maintain, within the 3
36	36	Agency, the Office of Children’s Health Protection. 4
37	37	(b) D
38	38	IRECTOR.— 5
39	39	(1) I
40	40	N GENERAL.—The Office shall be headed 6
41	41	by a Director. 7
42	42	(2) A
43	43	PPOINTMENT.—The Director of the Office 8
44	44	shall be appointed by, and report to, the Adminis-9
45	45	trator of the Environmental Protection Agency. In 10
46	46	making such appointment, the Administrator shall 11
47	47	take into consideration the recommendations of the 12
48	48	Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee. 13
49	49	(3) C
50	50	O-CHAIR OF PRESIDENT’S TASK FORCE.— 14
51	51	The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 15
52	52	Agency shall delegate to the Director of the Office 16
53	53	responsibility to serve as Co-Chair, on behalf of the 17
54	54	Administrator, of the President’s Task Force on En-18
55	55	vironmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Chil-19
56	56	dren established by Executive Order 13045. 20
57	57	(c) D
58	58	UTIES.—The Director of the Office shall— 21
59	59	(1) identify and assess environmental health 22
60	60	risks and safety risks that may disproportionately 23
61	61	affect infants, children, and adolescents; 24
62	62	(2) work to ensure that Federal policies, pro-25
63	63	grams, activities, and standards address dispropor-26
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67	67	tionate risks to infants, children, and adolescents 1
68	68	that result from environmental health risks or safety 2
69	69	risks, including consideration of the unique environ-3
70	70	mental justice concerns affecting infants, children, 4
71	71	and adolescents; 5
72	72	(3) coordinate Federal research and programs, 6
73	73	including grant programs, to advance the activities 7
74	74	described in paragraphs (1) and (2); 8
75	75	(4) advise other offices of the Environmental 9
76	76	Protection Agency and other Federal agencies on all 10
77	77	matters related to and concerning environmental 11
78	78	health risks to infants, children, and adolescents; 12
79	79	(5) carry out other duties as the Administrator 13
80	80	determines appropriate, including any responsibil-14
81	81	ities of the Administrator under Executive Order 15
82	82	13045; and 16
83	83	(6) carry out national activities to— 17
84	84	(A) reduce negative environmental impacts 18
85	85	on infants, children, and adolescents through 19
86	86	involvement in rulemaking, policy, enforcement 20
87	87	actions, research, and applications of science 21
88	88	that focuses on prenatal and childhood 22
89	89	vulnerabilities; 23
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93	93	(B) help protect infants, children, and ado-1
94	94	lescents through promoting and issuing guid-2
95	95	ance for safe chemicals management; 3
96	96	(C) coordinate community-based programs 4
97	97	to eliminate threats to infants’, children’s, and 5
98	98	adolescents’ health; 6
99	99	(D) increase the environmental health lit-7
100	100	eracy of health care providers through support 8
101	101	of pediatric environmental health specialty 9
102	102	units; 10
103	103	(E) evaluate and communicate trends in 11
104	104	environmental contaminants that may con-12
105	105	tribute to childhood disease; 13
106	106	(F) develop and publish resources for local 14
107	107	educational agencies to establish, maintain, or 15
108	108	enhance a school environmental health program; 16
109	109	and 17
110	110	(G) otherwise protect infants, children, and 18
111	111	adolescents from environmental health risks or 19
112	112	safety risks. 20
113	113	(d) T
114	114	RANSITION.—The Administrator of the Environ-21
115	115	mental Protection Agency shall make such changes to the 22
116	116	Office of Children’s Health Protection of the Environ-23
117	117	mental Protection Agency, as in existence on the day be-24
118	118	fore the date of enactment of this Act, as may be nec-25
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122	122	essary for such Office to become the Office required by 1
123	123	subsection (a). 2
124	124	(e) A
125	125	UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 3
126	126	out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 4
127	127	$7,842,000 for fiscal year 2026 and each subsequent fiscal 5
128	128	year. 6
129	129	SEC. 3. CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROTECTION ADVISORY COM-7
130	130	MITTEE. 8
131	131	(a) E
132	132	STABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the En-9
133	133	vironmental Protection Agency shall maintain an advisory 10
134	134	committee, to be known as the Children’s Health Protec-11
135	135	tion Advisory Committee, to— 12
136	136	(1) provide advice and recommendations to the 13
137	137	Administrator and other officials of the Environ-14
138	138	mental Protection Agency regarding the programs 15
139	139	and activities of the Office; 16
140	140	(2) advise the Administrator and other officials 17
141	141	of the Environmental Protection Agency on regula-18
142	142	tions, research, and communications related to in-19
143	143	fant’s, children’s and adolescent’s health; and 20
144	144	(3) support the Environmental Protection 21
145	145	Agency, including the Office, in implementing Exec-22
146	146	utive Order 13045 and other issues related to in-23
147	147	fants’, children’s, and adolescents’ health protection 24
148	148	as deemed appropriate by the Administrator. 25
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152	152	(b) APPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Children’s 1
153	153	Health Protection Advisory Committee shall be subject to 2
154	154	chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, except that the 3
155	155	Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee shall be 4
156	156	a permanent advisory committee and shall not terminate 5
157	157	under section 1013 of such title. 6
158	158	(c) T
159	159	RANSITION.—The President, acting through the 7
160	160	Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 8
161	161	shall make such changes to the Children’s Health Protec-9
162	162	tion Advisory Committee established pursuant to Execu-10
163	163	tive Order 13045 as may be necessary for such Advisory 11
164	164	Committee to become the advisory committee required by 12
165	165	this section. 13
166	166	SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 14
167	167	In this Act: 15
168	168	(1) C
169	169	HILDREN’S HEALTH PROTECTION ADVI -16
170	170	SORY COMMITTEE .—The term ‘‘Children’s Health 17
171	171	Protection Advisory Committee’’ means the advisory 18
172	172	committee maintained pursuant to section 3. 19
173	173	(2) E
174	174	XECUTIVE ORDER 13045.—The term ‘‘Ex-20
175	175	ecutive Order 13045’’ means Executive Order 10345 21
176	176	(relating to protection of children from environ-22
177	177	mental health risks and safety risks) published in 23
178	178	the Federal Register on April 23, 1997 (62 Fed. 24
179	179	Reg. 19885). 25
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183	183	(3) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY .—The term 1
184	184	‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given to 2
185	185	such term in section 8101 of the Elementary and 3
186	186	Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 4
187	187	(4) O
188	188	FFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Of-5
189	189	fice of Children’s Health Protection maintained pur-6
190	190	suant to section 2. 7
191	191	SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 8
192	192	To carry out this Act, there is authorized to be appro-9
193	193	priated $13,200,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 10
194	194	2030. 11
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