Take Legislative Action
We track and advocate for federal and state legislation that promotes environmental health and reflects our policy statements.
Anyone—including people employed by state, local, tribal, or territorial governments—can advocate on public policy. Learn more about the types of action you can take, and what is or is not allowed in our Government Affairs and Advocacy Guide.
Workforce Outreach Toolkit
Use this toolkit to help decision-makers understand the importance and value of the environmental health profession and workforce. It includes samples and templates:
- Guide to community outreach
- EH 101 PowerPoint slide deck
- Template guest editorial
- How to write a policy brief
- How to write a proclamation
Contact Your Legislators
Providing your own comments to the proper legislative body helps policymakers better understand the role and importance of environmental health.
- Find a Representative on the U.S. House of Representatives website
- Find a Senator on the U.S. Senate website
Letters & Sign-Ons
2026
- CDC Coalition FY26 LHHS | PDF
2025
- Health Groups on Clean Air Act Legislation | PDF
- OSHA & NIOSH Appropriations Letter | PDF
- FoodNet RFK Letter | PDF
- TSCA Framework Risk Evaluation Rule | PDF
- FHFA Strategic Plan Public Input | PDF
- OHS Ecosystem Letter | PDF
- BLS Data Integrity | PDF
- Load Forgiveness Letter | PDF
- December 2025: NCEH Appropriation | PDF
- December 2025: ED Professional Degree Letter | PDF
- December 2025: Omaha CC | PDF
- December 2025: Senate HELP | PDF
- December 2025: Vice Speaker V. Anthony Ada | PDF
- May 2025: NEHA’s Letter to Congressional Health & Human Services Committees regarding the FY 2026 CDC National Center for Environmental Health Budget | PDF
- April 2025: NEHA’s Letter regarding the Restructuring of HHS’s environmental health agencies | PDF
- February 2025: Letter to Congressional Health & Human Services Committees Appropriators on CDC’s NCEH FY 2025 Budget | PDF
- December 2025: FY26 EPA Appropriations Letter | PDF
- December 2025: DEHSP Signon Letter | PDF
- December 2025: Radon IAQ | PDF
- December 2025: Health Organizations Sign-On to EPA on Industrial Heat | PDF
- May 2025: Public Health Data Modernization FY26 Funding | PDF
- May 2025: Support of ATSDR FY 2026 Funding | PDF
- May 2025: Support for CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health FY 2026 Funding | PDF
- May 2025: Support for EPA FY 2026 Funding | PDF
- April 2025: Critical Role of Congressional Review Act | PDF
2024
- May 2024: To Senate on FDA FY 25 Appropriations | PDF
- April 2024: To congressional appropriators regarding CDC NCEH FY 2025 funding | PDF
- April 2024: To congressional appropriators regarding ATSDR FY 2025 funding | PDF
- February 2024: To congressional appropriators regarding FDA’s Human Foods FY 2024 funding | PDF
- September 2024: Letter opposing congressional cut to CDC in the Labor-HHS FY2025 Appropriation | PDF
- September 2024: Supporting the Federal and State Food Safety Information Sharing Act of 2024 | PDF
- August 2024: Full authorization of $100 million for Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program | PDF
- July 2024: Changes Congress is proposing regarding public health research at the NIH | PDF
- June 2024: Letter to Appropriators to Fully Fund Non-Defense Discretionary (NDD) Programs | PDF
- June 2024: Letter to Appropriators to Fund NIOSH FY25 | PDF
- May 2024: EPA Clean Air Funding request for FY 2025 | PDF
- May 2024: ICC Building Energy Codes Adoption | PDF
- May 2024: Letter to House on FDA Line Item Appropriation | PDF
- May 2024: Letter to Senate on FDA Line Item Appropriation | PDF
- May 2024: NIOSH Outdoor Workers Exposed to Wildfire Smoke | PDF
- May 2024: Consumer and Industry Groups Ask for Food Safety Line Item | AFDO
- April 2024: FY25 EPA Funding | PDF
- April 2024: CDC Recission Letter | PDF
- April 2024: Data Modernization Appropriations | PDF
- April 2024: FY24 Food Chemical Letter | PDF
- April 2024: FY25 ATSDR Appropriations | PDF
- April 2024: FY25 CDC NCEH Appropriations | PDF
- April 2024: FY25 OCCHE Appropriations | PDF
- April 2024: Amicus Brief in support of the Held Plaintiffs in Held v. Montana | PDF
- March 2024: FY25 Vector-Borne Appropriations | PDF
- February 2024: EPA Smoggy Skies | PDF
- February 2024: USDA’s Rural Decentralized Water Systems | PDF
- January 2024: Non-Defense Discretionary Cuts | PDF
- January 2024: HUD Protection from Radon | PDF
2023
- September 2023: To Congress regarding the reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act | PDF
- June 2023: Response to request from FDA for Good Manufacturing Practices on tattooing inks and pigments | PDF
- May 2023: Urging Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds to veto Bill 315, that allows the sale of raw milk | PDF
- April 2023: Response to information request from Congresswoman Miller-Meeks | PDF
- February 2023: Environmental health should be included in the Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program with $100 million allocated from the President's 2024 budget request | PDF
- January 2023: In support of the recommendations of the Reagan-Udall Foundation to improve our nation’s food safety system, identifying three recommendations | PDF
- December 2023: Congressional Letter to Support Hearing on Opioid Overdoses at Work | PDF
- December 2023: CDC Coalition Letter on CDC FY 2024 Appropriations | PDF
- November 2023: Health Groups Comments on EPA Major Source Re-classification | PDF
- November 2023: HUD FHFA letter | PDF
- November 2023: Health Groups on Government Funding | PDF
- November 2023: Health Groups on EPA Funding | PDF
- September 2023: Healthy Homes Act of 2023 | PDF
- August 2023: Health Groups letter on USDA Farm Bill Food Nutrition | PDF
- July 2023: Health Groups Letter on FY24 Appropriations | PDF
- May 2023: FDA Collaboration with FDA | PDF
- April 2023: Friends of NIOSH FY24 Letter | PDF
- April 2023: OSHA-NIOSH Senate Funding Letter | PDF
- April 2023: FY24 DNPAO CDC Request CDC Coalition | PDF
- April 2023: OSHA-NIOSH House Funding Letter FY24 | PDF
- March 2023: FY24 USDA Rural Decentralized Water Systems Joint Letter | PDF
- March 2023: Data Modernization Initiative | PDF
- March 2023: FY24 Public Health and Bio Pilot LRP Appropriations Letter | PDF
- March 2023: FY24 ATSDR Request for CDC Coalition | PDF
- March 2023: FY24 CDC Request for CDC Coalition | PDF
- March 2023: Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Environmental Health Funding | PDF
- March 2023: Health Partners Letter Opposing REINS Act | PDF
- March 2023: Health Org Air Coalition to Congress | PDF
Legislative Summaries
These summaries are written by Government Affairs Director Doug Farquhar.
2025
- October 2025: Climate Change Legislation
- October 2025: Enacted Climate Change Legislation
- October 2025: MAHA Legislation
- October 2025: Enacted MAHA Legislation
- October 2025: Body Art Legislation
- October 2025: Enacted Body Art Legislation
- August: Food Safety Legislation
2024
- December: FY 2025 Federal Budget Update
- December: State Enacted Drinking Water Legislation; Details
- October: State Enacted Body Art Legislation: 2024 Sessions
- September: State Enacted Food Safety Legislation: 2024 Sessions
- January: 2023 State Legislation on Body Art
2023
- October: 2023 Update on State Food Safety Legislation
- April: State Climate Change Legislation | Summary
- March: State Food Safety Legislation | Summary