This legislation mandates the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain the Office of Children's Health Protection , ensuring a dedicated focus on safeguarding infants, children, and adolescents from environmental health and safety risks. The Office will be led by a Director, appointed by the EPA Administrator, who will also serve as Co-Chair of the President's Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children. Its primary duties include identifying and assessing disproportionate environmental risks, ensuring federal policies address these vulnerabilities, and coordinating relevant federal research and programs. The Director is further tasked with national activities such as reducing negative environmental impacts through rulemaking and enforcement, promoting safe chemicals management, and increasing environmental health literacy among healthcare providers. Additionally, the bill requires the EPA Administrator to maintain a permanent Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee to offer advice and recommendations on the Office's programs, regulations, and research. The Act authorizes appropriations of $13,200,000 for each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030 to carry out its provisions.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Health
Children’s Health Protection Act of 2025
USA119th CongressHR-2339| House
| Updated: 3/25/2025
This legislation mandates the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain the Office of Children's Health Protection , ensuring a dedicated focus on safeguarding infants, children, and adolescents from environmental health and safety risks. The Office will be led by a Director, appointed by the EPA Administrator, who will also serve as Co-Chair of the President's Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children. Its primary duties include identifying and assessing disproportionate environmental risks, ensuring federal policies address these vulnerabilities, and coordinating relevant federal research and programs. The Director is further tasked with national activities such as reducing negative environmental impacts through rulemaking and enforcement, promoting safe chemicals management, and increasing environmental health literacy among healthcare providers. Additionally, the bill requires the EPA Administrator to maintain a permanent Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee to offer advice and recommendations on the Office's programs, regulations, and research. The Act authorizes appropriations of $13,200,000 for each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030 to carry out its provisions.