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Your Environment. Your Health.

Congress

Congress

NIEHS is funded through an annual appropriation by Congress. The Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation (OPPE) supports the NIEHS director and staff in defining and interpreting programs and research of the institute to Congress, as well as to the public, scientific, and public health communities. OPPE also serves as a liaison to help ensure NIEHS accessibility and responsiveness to Congress, various government, health, and science agencies and organizations, and the public.

Congressional Justifications and Statements

As part of the budget process, NIEHS annually submits a Congressional Justification to be included in the President's budget. Then Congressional subcommittees conduct hearings on the accomplishments and needs of NIEHS before approving its budget request. A separate Congressional Justification is submitted for the Superfund Research Program. The NIEHS budget supports extensive extramural research and a dynamic intramural research program including clinical research in the effects of the environment on disease. In addition, NIEHS funds education and training opportunities to foster the development of the next generation of environmental scientists.

NIEHS Research Portfolio

Information on the research funded by NIEHS is available through the NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools ( RePORT (http://report.nih.gov/))

Public Laws

Access to full text of federal laws relevant to environmental health sciences research, public health, and occupational health.

Contact

April L. Bennett
April L. Bennett
Legislative Liaison
Tel 301-496-3511
Fax 301-469-0563
april.bennett@nih.gov
31 Center Dr
Claude D Pepper Building
Bethesda, MD 20892
Sheila A. Newton, Ph.D., Director, Office of Policy, Planning, & Evaluation
Sheila Newton, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Policy, Planning & Evaluation
Tel 984-287-3814
newton1@niehs.nih.gov
P.O. Box 12233
Mail Drop B2-06
Durham, N.C. 27709
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