# 118-hr-8614: To authorize the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to carry out a study to examine the potential relationship between increased health risks and living in proximity to sites that have been or are being mined for surface coal deposits, and the potential human health effects of surface coal mining operations in Central Appalachia, and for other purposes.

118-hr-8614, To authorize the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to carry out a study to examine the potential relationship between increased health risks and living in proximity to sites that have been or are being mined for surface coal deposits, and the potential human health effects of surface coal mining operations in Central Appalachia, and for other purposes., is a 118th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3] (D-KY); status Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. (as of 2026-10-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: 118-hr-8614
- Congress: 118
- Title: To authorize the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to carry out a study to examine the potential relationship between increased health risks and living in proximity to sites that have been or are being mined for surface coal deposits, and the potential human health effects of surface coal mining operations in Central Appalachia, and for other purposes.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Introduced: 2024-06-04
- Sponsor: Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3] (D-KY)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-15

## Summary

To authorize the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to carry out a study to examine the potential relationship between increased health risks and living in proximity to sites that have been or are being mined for surface coal deposits, and the potential human health effects of surface coal mining operations in Central Appalachia, and for other purposes.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2024-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2024-08-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2024-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [118-hr-8614 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8614)

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