HR 4953 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Preventing HEAT Illness and Deaths Act of 2023

Introduced Jul 27, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Suzanne Bonamici D-OR

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Latest action · Jul 28, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJul 27, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Preventing Health Emergencies And Temperature-related Illness and Deaths Act of 2023 or the Preventing HEAT Illness and Deaths Act of 2023

This bill establishes several programs to address the adverse health effects of extreme heat.

For example, the bill establishes an interagency committee in the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy to address the health risks of extreme heat through coordinated research, strategic partnerships, and workforce development. It also requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to (1) establish a heat health information system to improve forecasts of extreme heat, and (2) contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study policy, data, and research gaps relating to extreme heat. 

NOAA may also, in coordination with the interagency committee, award financial assistance to nonprofits, academic institutions, and state, local, and tribal governments to support the ability of communities to mitigate the health effects of extreme heat (e.g., building modifications and educational campaigns).

Cosponsors 34

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 27, 2023 to Sep 10, 2024; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalJul 27, 2023
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalJul 27, 2023
D-ORAndrea SalinasOriginalJul 27, 2023
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJul 27, 2023
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalJul 27, 2023
D-COBrittany PettersenOriginalJul 27, 2023
D-NVDina TitusOriginalJul 27, 2023
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalJul 27, 2023
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJul 27, 2023
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJul 27, 2023
D-VAJennifer L. McClellanOriginalJul 27, 2023
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalJul 27, 2023
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalJul 27, 2023
D-CAKevin MullinOriginalJul 27, 2023
D-WAMarilyn StricklandOriginalJul 27, 2023
Show all 34 cosponsors

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Jul 27, 2023
Health Subcommittee
Referred Jul 28, 2023
HouseScience, Space, and Technology Committee
Referred Jul 27, 2023

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 28, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jul 27, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jul 27, 2023Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseLists H4142–H4147H.R. 4953–5067—Jul 27, 2023

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Extreme heat

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 130, July 27, 2023, page H4142.

CRS reports 3

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Cite it 3

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2645Preventing HEAT Illness and Deaths Act of 2024Related billDec 17, 2024

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To reduce the health risks of heat by establishing the National Integrated Heat Health Information System within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee to improve extreme heat preparedness, planning, and response, requiring a study, and establishing financial assistance programs to address heat effects, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Preventing HEAT Illness and Deaths Act of 2023
Preventing Health Emergencies And Temperature-related Illness and Deaths Act of 2023

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 27, 2023Introduced in House

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