US Congress House Bill 4161 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16)
Status: Introduced on December 1 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-12-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Women's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of centers to conduct multidisciplinary research on environmental factors that may be related to the development of women's health conditions. Requires each such center to: (1) conduct basic or clinical research; (2) develop protocols and conduct training programs for physicians, scientists, nurses, and other health and allied health professionals; (3) disseminate information to such professionals and the public; and (4) emphasize activities that are directed toward preventing the development in women of the diseases and conditions involved. Allows a center to use funds to provide stipends for health and allied health professionals enrolled in training programs. Requires each center to establish and maintain ongoing collaborations with community organizations in the geographic area served by the center, including organizations that represent women or children with disorders that appear to stem from environmental factors. Requires the Director to provide for the coordination of information among centers and ensure regular communication between them. Directs the House Committee on Energy and Commerce to hold a hearing on the Director's implementation of this Act.

Women's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Act of 2009

Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-12-02		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-12-02		Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
2009-12-01		Referred to House Rules
2009-12-01		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2009-12-01		Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2009-12-01		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2848-2849)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4161/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4161/BILLS-111hr4161ih.pdf