Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act of 2019
Latest action · Feb 15, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take a series of actions to address the potential impacts of climate change on public health. Specifically, HHS must develop a strategic action plan and a climate and health program to ensure the public health and health care systems in the United States and other nations are prepared for, and can respond to, the impacts of climate change on health.
The bill directs HHS to revise the plan periodically to reflect new scientific developments and information.
HHS must establish a permanent science advisory board to provide (1) scientific and technical recommendations on the impacts of climate change on public health, and (2) advice for purposes of issuing the plan and conducting the program.
Cosponsors 59
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2019 to Apr 22, 2020; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Harley Rouda | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Mar 4, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Mar 4, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Mar 4, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Mar 4, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Mar 4, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Mar 4, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Mar 12, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Mar 12, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Mar 12, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Mar 12, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Mar 28, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Mar 28, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Katie Hill | Mar 28, 2019 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Mar 28, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Apr 4, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Tj Cox | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | May 7, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | May 8, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jun 10, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jun 27, 2019 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jul 12, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Jul 17, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jul 17, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Aug 9, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Oct 22, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Oct 23, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Nov 5, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Nov 8, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Dec 16, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Feb 3, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Feb 12, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Feb 18, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Mar 2, 2020 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Apr 22, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2019 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 15, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 15, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 14, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 14, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 29, February 14, 2019, page H2033.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-17 | CREATING A CLIMATE RESILIENT AMERICA: OVERCOMING THE HEALTH RISKS OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS61 pages | Select Committee on the Climate Crisis | Feb 5, 2020 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46921 | Marine Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs): Background, Statutory Authorities, and Issues for Congress | Report | Sep 27, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 523 | Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act of 2019 | Related bill | Feb 14, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a national strategic action plan and program to assist health professionals and systems in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Advisory bodies
- Air quality
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental health
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Health
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Indian social and development programs
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Intergovernmental relations
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Minority health
- Research administration and funding
- Scientific communication
- World health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
