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H.R. 5335: Coordinated Environmental Health Network Act of 2004

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H.R. 5335: Coordinated Environmental Health Network Act of 2004

108th Congress · introduced 2004-10-08 · Health · Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1902-1903)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2004-10-08 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1902-1903) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Coordinated Environmental Health Network Act of 2004

Plain summary

Coordinated Environmental Health Network Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to establish and operate the Coordinated Environmental Health Network (the Network), including by: (1) identifying, expanding, and coordinating among existing Federal public health and environmental infrastructure; (2) providing for public access to an electronic national database on the incidence and prevalence of specified priority chronic conditions and relevant environmental and other factors; (3) operating a National Environmental Health Rapid Response Service to develop strategies to rapidly respond to, and conduct investigations of, higher than expected incidence and prevalence rates of priority chronic conditions and environmental exposures; (4) awarding grants to States, local governments, territories, and Indian tribes to establish, maintain, and operate State Environmental Health Networks; (5) developing minimum standards and procedures for data collection and reporting for State Networks, including mechanisms for allowing States to set priorities and allocate resources accordingly; (6) establishing an Advisory Committee for the Network; (7) awarding John H. Chafee Public Health Scholarships to eligible students who are enrolled in an accredited school of public health or medicine; and (8) entering into a cooperative agreement with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists to train and place applied epidemiology fellows in State and local health departments. Allows the Secretary to award grants to accredited schools or programs of public health to establish, maintain, and operate Centers of Excellence for research and demonstration with respect to chronic conditions and relevant environmental factors, which may include investigating causal connections between chronic conditions and environmental factors.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Coordinated Environmental Health Network Act of 2004

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-8] · 30 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-8] reported raising $2.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr5335 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108