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HRES 854 114th Congress House Health Cancer Child health Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Elementary and secondary education Health promotion and preventive care Medical tests and diagnostic methods Musculoskeletal and skin diseases

Supporting State, local, and community initiatives to encourage parents, teachers, camp counselors, and child-care professionals to take measures to prevent sunburns in the minors they care for, and…

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Supporting State, local, and community initiatives to encourage parents, teachers, camp counselors, and child-care professionals to take measures to prevent sunburns in the minors they care for, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that State, local, and community entities should continue to support efforts to curb the incidences of skin cancer beginning with childhood skin protection.

Introduced: September 9, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Sep 9, 2016
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.
Sep 9, 2016
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses support for efforts to: (1) exempt sunscreen from over-the-counter medication bans in schools, and (2) encourage health care professionals to educate parents and children about sun-safe behaviors. Encourages schools to allow students to possess sunscreen without restriction and without physician authorization.

What's happening now September 9, 2016

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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 6 Republican 1
D
Lieu, Ted
California · Nov 29, 2016
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 15, 2016
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Nov 15, 2016
Costello, Ryan
· Sep 28, 2016
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Sep 22, 2016
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Sep 21, 2016
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Sep 9, 2016
Jenkins, Evan
· Sep 9, 2016
 R
Joyce, David P.
Ohio · Sep 9, 2016
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 854: Supporting State, local, and community initiatives to encourage parents, teachers, camp counselors, and child-care professionals to take measures to prevent sunburns in the minors they care for, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that State, local, and community entities should continue to support efforts to curb the incidences of skin cancer beginning with childhood skin protection.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-854/
MLA
"H. Res. 854: Supporting State, local, and community initiatives to encourage parents, teachers, camp counselors, and child-care professionals to take measures to prevent sunburns in the minors they care for, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that State, local, and community entities should continue to support efforts to curb the incidences of skin cancer beginning with childhood skin protection.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-854/.
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H. Res. 854, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-854/.
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[H. Res. 854: Supporting State, local, and community initiatives to encourage parents, teachers, camp counselors, and child-care professionals to take measures to prevent sunburns in the minors they care for, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that State, local, and community entities should continue to support efforts to curb the incidences of skin cancer beginning with childhood skin protection.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-854/)
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