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119-hr-10491119th Congress

CHARGE Act

Sponsored By: Representative Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]

Introduced

Summary

Directs the National Institutes of Health to study whether very high-voltage transmission lines affect people, livestock, and crops. The Community Health and Agricultural Research on Grid Exposure Act would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the NIH director, to study effects of 750-kilovolt or greater transmission lines on human and livestock health and on crop yields as soon as practicable, and to report the results to House Agriculture, House Energy and Commerce, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Senate Energy and Natural Resources.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Study of 750-kilovolt lines near farms

If enacted, HHS would direct NIH to study transmission lines of 750 kilovolts or larger. The study would examine effects on human health, livestock health, and crop yields. The work would begin as soon as practically feasible. When complete, HHS would send a report to four congressional committees. Those are House Agriculture; House Energy and Commerce; Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; and Senate Energy and Natural Resources. The bill does not name funding or a firm deadline.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]

OH • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

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