Recognizing the threat of extreme weather to children's health and well-being, and expressing the sense of Congress that solutions must be rapidly and equitably developed and deployed to address the unique vulnerabilities and needs of children.
Sponsored By: Representative McClellan
Introduced
Summary
Protecting children's health from extreme weather. This resolution would express the sense that adaptations and protections must be developed and deployed rapidly and equitably to address the physical and mental health needs of babies, children, adolescents, and their families.
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- Families and children would get child-specific supports during emergencies, including access to diapers, formula, nursing spaces, infant feeding kits, and child-sized masks.
- Schools and child care providers would be urged to improve guidance, update physical and technological infrastructure, and install better air filtration to handle extreme heat, wildfire smoke, and flooding.
- Health professionals, educators, and caregivers would be encouraged to receive training on children's unique vulnerabilities, heat exposure risks, and first-aid measures for hyperthermia.
- Communities and emergency planners would be pushed to provide accurate, timely, and language-accessible alerts, mutual aid and caregiver support, shaded green space, child-friendly cooling centers and clean rooms, and hydration or refill stations.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
McClellan
VA • D
Cosponsors
Castor (FL)
FL • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Bonamici
OR • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Tlaib
MI • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Stansbury
NM • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Barragan
CA • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Mullin
CA • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Thanedar
MI • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Cherfilus-McCormick
FL • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Foushee
NC • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Huffman
CA • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Carter (LA)
LA • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Titus
NV • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Soto
FL • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Scanlon
PA • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Horsford
NV • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Garcia (TX)
TX • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Tonko
NY • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Evans (PA)
PA • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Dexter
OR • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Takano
CA • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
McCollum
MN • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Lee (PA)
PA • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
DeSaulnier
CA • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Peters
CA • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Adams
NC • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Cleaver
MO • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Davis (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Watson Coleman
NJ • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Williams (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 8/22/2025
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