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H.R. 1243: Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act of 2019

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H.R. 1243: Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-02-14 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-02-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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

Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act of 2019

Plain summary

Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take a series of actions to address the potential impacts of climate change on public health. Specifically, HHS must develop a strategic action plan and a climate and health program to ensure the public health and health care systems in the United States and other nations are prepared for, and can respond to, the impacts of climate change on health. The bill directs HHS to revise the plan periodically to reflect new scientific developments and information. HHS must establish a permanent science advisory board to provide (1) scientific and technical recommendations on the impacts of climate change on public health, and (2) advice for purposes of issuing the plan and conducting the program.

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Official text

Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] · 59 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Al Green (D-TX), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Judy Chu (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Peter Welch (D-VT), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Ed Case (D-HI), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr1243 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116