text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Environmental Health 
  Protection Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
  
      Congress finds that--
              (1) a growing body of scientific knowledge demonstrates 
          that children may suffer disproportionately from environmental 
          health risks and safety risks;
              (2) those risks arise because--
                      (A) the neurological, immunological, digestive, and 
                  other bodily systems of children are still developing;
                      (B) children eat more food, drink more fluids, and 
                  breathe more air in proportion to their body weight 
                  than adults;
                      (C) the size and weight of children may diminish 
                  their protection from standard safety features; and
                      (D) the behavior patterns of children may make 
                  children more susceptible to accidents because children 
                  are less able to protect themselves; and
              (3) each Federal agency, to the extent permitted by law and 
          appropriate, and consistent with the mission of each Federal 
          agency, should--
                      (A) place a high priority on the identification and 
                  assessment of environmental health and safety risks 
                  that may disproportionately affect children, including 
                  where children live, learn, and play;
                      (B) ensure that the policies, programs, activities, 
                  and standards of the Federal agency address 
                  disproportionate risks to children that result from 
                  environmental health or safety risks; and
                      (C) participate in the implementation of, and 
                  comply with, this Act.
  
  SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
  
      In this Act:
              (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
          Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
              (2) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
          the Office of Management and Budget.
              (3) Environmental health and safety risk.--
                      (A) In general.--The term ``environmental health 
                  and safety risk'' means an environmental risk to the 
                  health or safety of a child that is posed by or 
                  otherwise attributable to a substance--
                              (i) that the child is likely to ingest; or
                              (ii) to which the child may otherwise be 
                          exposed.
                      (B) Inclusions.--The term ``environmental health 
                  and safety risk'' includes an environmental risk that 
                  is posed by or otherwise attributable to--
                              (i) air that is inhaled by, or that 
                          otherwise comes into contact with, a child;
                              (ii) water used by a child for drinking or 
                          recreation;
                              (iii) soil; and
                              (iv) chemicals and other substances with 
                          which a child may come into contact.
              (4) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' means--
                      (A) any department, agency, or other 
                  instrumentality of the Federal Government;
                      (B) any independent agency or establishment of the 
                  Federal Government (including any Government 
                  corporation); and
                      (C) the Government Printing Office.
              (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
          of Health and Human Services.
              (6) Task force.--The term ``Task Force'' means the Task 
          Force to Address Environmental Health and Safety Risks to 
          Children established by section 4(a).
  
  SEC. 4. TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS TO 
                CHILDREN.
  
      (a) Establishment.--The Administrator, in consultation with the 
  Secretary, shall establish a task force to be known as the ``Task Force 
  to Address Environmental Health and Safety Risks to Children''.
      (b) Authority.--The Task Force shall report to the President, in 
  consultation with--
              (1) the Domestic Policy Council;
              (2) the National Science and Technology Council;
              (3) the Council on Environmental Quality; and
              (4) the Office of Management and Budget.
      (c) Membership.--The Task Force shall be composed of--
              (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
          Agency, who shall serve as a Co-Chairperson of the Task Force;
              (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, who shall 
          serve as Co-Chairperson of the Task Force;
              (3) the Secretary of Education;
              (4) the Secretary of Labor;
              (5) the Attorney General;
              (6) the Secretary of Energy;
              (7) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
              (8) the Secretary of Agriculture;
              (9) the Secretary of Transportation;
              (10) the Secretary of Homeland Security;
              (11) the Director;
              (12) the Chairperson of the Council on Environmental 
          Quality;
              (13) the Chairperson of the Consumer Product Safety 
          Commission;
              (14) the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy;
              (15) the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy;
              (16) the Assistant to the President for, and Director of 
          the Office of, Science and Technology Policy;
              (17) the Chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisers; 
          and
              (18) such other officials of Federal agencies as the 
          Administrator and the Secretary may, from time to time, 
          designate.
      (d) Delegation.--A member of the Task Force may delegate the 
  responsibilities of the member under this Act to 1 or more 
  subordinates.
      (e) Duties.--The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary 
  as a co-chair of the Task Force, shall, after providing notice and an 
  opportunity for public participation and comment and, if determined to 
  be appropriate by the Administrator and the Secretary, using a 
  consensus-based approach--
              (1) recommend to the President Federal strategies to 
          improve children's environmental health and safety, including--
                      (A) statements of principles, general policy, and 
                  targeted annual priorities to guide the Federal 
                  approach to complying with this Act;
                      (B) a coordinated research agenda for the Federal 
                  Government, including steps to implement the review of 
                  research databases described in paragraph (2)(A);
                      (C) recommendations for appropriate partnerships 
                  among the Federal Government, State, local, and tribal 
                  governments, and the private, academic, and nonprofit 
                  sectors;
                      (D) proposals to enhance public outreach and 
                  communication to assist families in evaluating risks to 
                  children (including where children live, learn, and 
                  play) and in making informed consumer choices;
                      (E) an identification of high-priority initiatives 
                  that the Federal Government has undertaken or will 
                  undertake in advancing the protection of children's 
                  environmental health and safety;
                      (F) a statement regarding the desirability of new 
                  legislation to advance the protection of children's 
                  environmental health and safety; and
                      (G) other proposals to enhance the health and 
                  safety protection of children by Federal and State 
                  governments and by communities and families;
              (2) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
          this Act, develop or direct to be developed--
                      (A) a review of existing and planned data 
                  resources; and
                      (B) a proposed plan, which shall be reviewed by the 
                  Administrator and the Secretary, and other Federal 
                  agencies as the Administrator and the Secretary 
                  consider appropriate, and which shall be made available 
                  for public comment for a period of not less than 30 
                  days--
                              (i) for use in ensuring that researchers 
                          and Federal research agencies have access to 
                          information on all research conducted or funded 
                          by the Federal Government that relates to 
                          adverse health risks in children resulting from 
                          exposure to environmental health and safety 
                          risks; and
                              (ii) that--
                                      (I) promotes the sharing of 
                                  information on academic and private 
                                  research; and
                                      (II) includes recommendations to 
                                  encourage that such data, to the extent 
                                  permitted by law, is available to the 
                                  public, the scientific and academic 
                                  communities, and all Federal agencies; 
                                  and
              (3) submit to Congress (including the Committee on 
          Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on 
          Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives) and the 
          President, make available to the public, and provide to the 
          Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National 
          Science and Technology Council for use in establishing research 
          priorities, a biennial report on research, data, or other 
          information that would enhance understanding and analysis of, 
          and response to, environmental health and safety risks, 
          including--
                      (A) a description provided by Federal agencies and 
                  other agencies identified by the Task Force of key data 
                  needs relating to environmental health and safety risks 
                  that have arisen in the course of carrying out projects 
                  and activities of the Federal agencies; and
                      (B) a description of the accomplishments of the 
                  Task Force.
  
  SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.
  
      (a) In General.--This Act applies only to the Executive branch.
      (b) Effect of Act.--This Act does not create or establish any 
  substantive or procedural right, benefit, or trust responsibility, 
  enforceable at law or equity, by a party against the United States 
  (including any agency, officer, or employee of the United States).
      (c) Judicial Review.--This Act does not create or establish any 
  right to judicial review involving the compliance or noncompliance with 
  this Act by--
              (1) the United States (including any agency, officer, or 
          employee of the United States); or
              (2) any other person.
target: Children's Environmental Health Protection Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the Task Force to Address Environmental Health and Safety Risks to Children to: (1) recommend to the President federal strategies to improve children's environmental health and safety; (2) develop a review of existing and planned data resources and a proposed plan for use in ensuring that researchers and federal research agencies have access to information on federal research that relates to adverse health risk in children resulting from exposure to environmental health and safety risks; and (3) submit a biennial report on research, data, or other information that would enhance understanding and analysis of, and response to, environmental health and safety risks.
feat_title: A bill to provide for the establishment of a task force to address the environmental health and safety risks posed to children.