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Reduced Asthma Through Air Quality Improvement Act

Introduced: December 19, 2001 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 5, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Apr 5, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Dec 28, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Dec 19, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 19, 2001
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Reduced Asthma Through Air Quality Improvement Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish programs to improve indoor air quality in schools and in buildings where there are private or public sector employees.

Requires EPA to: (1) enter into an agreement with nongovernmental organizations to establish a permanent program to provide information to school administrators on methods of improving indoor air quality; or (2) publish notice of such an existing program or combination of programs.

Requires NIOSH to implement a Building Health Assessment Program to provide building assessments, upon request, to employers and employees on measures to reduce significant indoor air health risks.

Requires HHS to establish a grant program to assist schools and employers, respectively, to implement such indoor air quality recommendations from EPA and NIOSH.

What's happening now April 5, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

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