Radiation Health Research Act

This bill would direct the National Institutes of Health, through its Office of Research on Women's Health, to design and run a program studying how nuclear radiation affects women's health, if Congress provides funding. The program would specifically look at pregnant women, adolescent girls, and pre-adolescent girls, and would follow participants for at least 10 years. The program would be carried out in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Energy, and other agencies and stakeholders, and participants' privacy would be protected. NIH would report to Congress within one year and every year after with results, research gaps, and recommendations for a national strategy, including a possible public education campaign.

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Sponsors

• Michael Lawler Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors