House Bills - 108th Congress

H.R. 852 – Environmental Health Research Act of 2003

On February 13, 2003, Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY) introduced H.R. 852, the Environmental Health Research Act of 2003. This legislation would 1) authorize NIEHS to make grants for the development of not more than six centers to conduct multidisciplinary research on environmental factors that may be related to the development of women's health conditions; and 2) require NIEHS to establish within the Institute a directed national program of research on hormone disruption, a Hormone Disruption Research Panel, and a report to the public every 2 years. The bill was jointly referred to the House Committees on Energy and Commerce, Resources, and Science.

Legislative Update (December 2003): Women's Health