H.R. 1126 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
East Palestine Health Impact Monitoring Act of 2025
Cosponsors: 5 (3 D, 2 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-12
Introduced: 2025-02-07
Latest action (2025-02-07): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
What H.R. 1126 does, in plain terms
East Palestine Health Impact Monitoring Act of 2025 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide a grant to a consortium of institutions of higher education to conduct a long-term study on any human health effects from the train derailment (and subsequent venting and burning of chemicals) in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 3, 2023.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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