Children’s Health Protection Act of 2025

This bill keeps the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Children’s Health Protection in place and spells out what it must do to better protect infants, children, and teens from environmental dangers. The office would be led by a director who reports to the EPA Administrator and serves as co-chair of the federal task force on environmental health and safety risks to children. The office must identify risks that hit kids harder, make sure federal policies consider children and environmental justice, advise other agencies, and run national efforts to cut harmful exposures. This includes issuing guidance for safer chemical use, supporting pediatric environmental health specialty units, coordinating community programs, tracking contaminants linked to childhood disease, and creating resources to help schools build healthier environments .

The bill also makes the Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee permanent to advise EPA on rules, research, and communications about kids’ health, while following federal advisory committee rules. It directs EPA and the President to update the current office and committee so they meet these requirements. Funding is set at $7,842,000 each year starting in fiscal year 2026 for the office, and $13,200,000 each year for fiscal years 2026–2030 to carry out the bill’s activities .

Key points

• Who is affected: Infants, children, teens, families, schools, health care providers, and communities.
• What changes: EPA must maintain a dedicated children’s health office; a director leads it and co-chairs a federal task force; the office assesses risks, supports safer chemicals and school health programs, and coordinates community efforts; a standing advisory committee guides EPA on kids’ health issues .
• When: Transition occurs upon enactment; funding begins in fiscal year 2026, with multi-year support through 2030 .