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Climate and Health Protection Act
This bill provides statutory authority for the Climate and Health Program within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This program supports the efforts of state, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies to prepare for the health impacts of climate change.
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Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] · D–IL
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-27 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Climate and Health Protection Act would require continued operation of a federal program that helps governments and communities prepare for climate change’s health impacts. It would authorize $110 million annually starting in fiscal year 2026, but would not itself provide that funding. It would also restrict moving those funds to other programs.
This Act may be cited as the Climate and Health Protection Act.
The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall continue to implement the Climate and Health program carried out by the National Center for Environmental Health (or any successor program)
To translate climate change science to inform State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, including health departments, as well as communities.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the program continued under subsection (a) $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter.
None of the funds made available under paragraph (1) may be transferred or reprogrammed by the Secretary to carry out another program administered by the Secretary.
The bill would add section 317W to the Public Health Service Act. It would require the Secretary, acting through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, to continue the National Center for Environmental Health’s Climate and Health program or a successor program. Its stated purposes are to explain climate science to governments and communities, develop tools to help them prepare, and provide leadership in planning for public health impacts. These are assigned purposes, not evidence of achieved results.
Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 317V (42 U.S.C. 247b–24) the following new section: 317W. Climate and Health program
The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall continue to implement the Climate and Health program carried out by the National Center for Environmental Health (or any successor program) for the following purposes: (1) To translate climate change science to inform State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, including health departments, as well as communities. (2) To create decision support tools to build capacity to prepare for climate change. (3) To serve as a credible leader in planning for the public health impacts of climate change.
If a successor program were established, the Secretary, acting through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, would have to notify Congress in writing about any transfer or reassignment of funds used to establish it.
In the case of the establishment of any successor program to the Climate and Health program referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall submit to Congress a written notification of any transfer or reprogramming of funds to establish such a successor program.
The bill would authorize Congress to provide $110 million for the program in fiscal year 2026 and every fiscal year afterward, with no final year specified. An authorization permits funding through appropriations; it does not itself supply the money.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the program continued under subsection (a) $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter.
The Secretary could not transfer or redirect funds made available under this authorization to carry out another program the Secretary administers.
None of the funds made available under paragraph (1) may be transferred or reprogrammed by the Secretary to carry out another program administered by the Secretary.
The supplied actions snapshot, updated October 14, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 27, 2025. This snapshot does not establish whether the bill later advanced or became law.
Source snapshot updated 2026-10-14T18:16:48Z. 2025-02-27: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 2025-02-27: Introduced in House
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