1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Healthy Environment for Children Act”.
Healthy Environment for Children Act
A BILL
To prohibit any reduction, consolidation, or termination of offices and activities related to science research within the Environmental Protection Agency.
2. Prohibition of reduction, consolidation, or termination of the National Center for Environmental Research of the Environmental Protection Agency
In general— The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency—
may not reduce, consolidate, or terminate the National Center for Environmental Research; and
shall take such actions as are necessary to ensure that—
no reduction, consolidation, or termination occurs with respect to the activities described in subsection (b) that is not otherwise required by law; and
each activity described in such subsection is carried out to the full extent provided by law.
Programs and research areas— The activities under this subsection include all intramural grants, extramural grants, and research carried out by the National Center for Environmental Research, including—
research and grants to protect the health of children and adults from chemical exposure;
funding for the Science To Achieve Results program that provides grants given to Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers;
research intended to reduce children’s health risks from environmental factors;
research on air pollution, climate change, and air quality and their impacts on children and adults, including expecting mothers and newborns;
research on water quality, availability, and potential contaminants that could affect the health of children;
safer chemical research grants supporting the development of innovative science to support safer, more sustainable use of chemicals in consumer products;
research grants to protect ecosystems and the air and water resources that provide numerous benefits for humans;
sustainability research to understand the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony to support present and future generations; and
grants, fellowships, or competitions related to any of the 6 research programs supported by the Office of Research and Development, including the Small Business Innovation Research program, the Science To Achieve Results program, and the People, Prosperity and the Planet program.