HR 2018 108th Congress House

Asthma Act

Official title: To provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education with increased authority with respect to asthma programs, and to provide for increased funding for such programs.

Introduced: May 7, 2003 See on congress.gov

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Jun 20, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.

Jun 20, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

Jun 20, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

Jun 20, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Jun 2, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

May 7, 2003

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.

May 7, 2003

Introduced in House

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Latest action June 20, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Asthma Act - Authorizes appropriations to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to expand the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program. Directs the Program coordinating committee to report concerning the scope of, and Federal programs concerned with, asthma problems in the United States.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collaborate with the States to expand specified asthma-related activities. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to nonprofit private entities to carry out related outreach activities. Gives grant priorities to communities disproportionately affected by asthma or underserved by health programs and in which a significant number of low-income individuals reside.

Authorizes the Secretary to make matching grants to States to carry out activities to assist children with respect to asthma.

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies in communities with significant numbers of low-income or underserved individuals for elementary and secondary school asthma-related activities.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) hospitals and managed care plans should undertake certain efforts to increase asthma-related education and training; and (2) Federal, State, and local activities should promote Public Health Service asthma diagnosis and management guidelines.

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Committees of jurisdiction 7

Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Education and Workforce Committee
Education and Workforce Committee
House of Representatives
Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Education and Workforce Committee
Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Energy and Commerce Committee
Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Education and Workforce Committee
Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Education and Workforce Committee