Preventing HEAT Illness and Deaths Act of 2024
- Last Action
- 12/17/2024
Actions
- 2024-12-17Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 720.
- 2024-12-17Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- 2024-12-17Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- 2024-07-31Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 2023-07-27Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- 2023-07-27Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2023-07-27 (00)
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 (10)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Subjects
- Aging
- Air quality
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Building construction
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Energy prices
- Environmental health
- Executive Office of the President
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government information and archives
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