Washington Letter
December
- Congress Approves FY2020 Spending Deal Providing $2.6 Billion NIH Funding Increase
- Congress Passes Tobacoo-21 Legislation
- Appeals Court Splits ACA-Decision - Striking Down Coverage Mandate But Sending Rest of Law Back to Lower Court
- Congressional Leaders Reach Deal on 2020 Spending to Avert Government Shutdown
- December Issue of ATS Research Quarterly is Available
- Court Affirms FDA's Authority to Regulate E-cigarette/Vape Products
- Senate Approves New FDA Commissioner
- ATS Notes Process and Policy Concerns with CASAC Review of Ozone and Particulate Matter
- ATS Needs Your Help - Recent Invoices for Bronchoscope and PFT Lab Spirometer
November
- Joint ATS/CHEST Webinar on 2020 CMS Payment Rules
- Congress Passes Short-Term 2020 Spending Measure, Averting Government Shutdown
- House Committee Passes Tobacco 21 Legislation
- White House Action on E-cigs/Vape Products in Doubt
- ATS Comments on Roll Back of EPA Rule to Limit Methane Emissions From Oil and Natural Gas Extraction
- ATS Testifies Before House Science Committee on Transparency and the Future of EPA Rulemaking
- ATS Recommends More Protective PM Standard
- White House Sends Mixed Signals on E-Cigarette Rules
- ATS Joins Effort Supporting PCORI Renewal
- ATS Participates in NHLBI COPD National Action Plan Meeting
- Update from the UNION World Conference on Lung Health
- UNION Symposium Showcases TB Vaccine Progress and Action Needed
- FDA Sends E-cigarette Proposal to White House for Final Review - Status of Mint/Menthol Flavors in Doubt
- ATS Asks Congress to Provide More COPD Funding at CDC
October
- ATS Comments on EPA Review of Particulate Matter Standard
- ATS Joins Amicus Brief in Michigan Flavor Ban Case
- ATS Voices Concern Over Tennessee Proposal to Convert Medicaid to Block Grant
- Congressional Leaders Planning Temporary 2020 Spending Measure to Prevent Government Shutdown
- WHO Report Shows That Despite Progress, TB Remains the Leading Global Infectious Killer
- CDC Issues Updated Numbers on E-cigarette-Vaping Associated Lung Injury (EVALI)
- State Court Halts Michigan Ban on Flavored Vape/E-cig Products
September
- ATS Adopts Gun Violence Prevention Policy
- Preliminary NYTS Shows Increase in High School E-cigarette Use
- Senate Appropriations Panel Proposes $3 Billion NIH Funding Increase
- Senate Panel Provides Funding Increase for Global TB Program
July
- Congress and Administration Agree on Budget Deal to Increase Spending Caps
- House Holds Hearings on Juul
- More Medicare Beneficiaries Lose Access to Liquid Oxygen
- Court Orders E-cigarette Makers to Submit Products for FDA Review
- ATS Joins Effort Supporting Pediatric Education Incentives
- NIEHS Director Announces Retirement
June
- Senate Committee Passes Federal Tobacco-21 Law as Part of Medical Cost Package
- Trump Administration Orders Federal Agencies to Reduce Science Advisory Boards by One-Third
- ATS Research News Quarterly
- House Passes Spending Bill With $2 Billion Funding Increase
- ATS Leaders Meet with NIH Institutes
- ATS Supports Successful Congressional Effort to Prevent New Ethics Reviews of Extramural Fetal Tissue Research
- Reps. Engel and Young Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Put U.S. On the Path to TB Elimination
May
- House Committee Approves $2 Billion NIH Funding Increase
- ATS Opposes BC/BS Decision to Call Electromagnetic Navigational Bronchoscopy Experimental
- House Passes Climate Change Legislation
- House Holds Medicare for All Hearing
- House Panel Approves $2 Billion NIH Funding Increase
- House Panel Approves $840 million for VA Research
- Federal Tobacco-21 Bills Introduced in Congress
- ATS Joins Legal Action to Preserve Tobacco Product Warning Labels
April
- ATS and Partners Celebrate NHLBI Lung Division’s 50th Anniversary with DC Events
- Illinois Passes Tobacco 21 Law
- Congress Passes Bill to Improve Care for Children with Complex Conditions
March
- ATS Co-Sponsors World TB Day Events on Capitol Hill
- Judge Strikes Down Trump Administration Association Health Plan Rule
- ATS Hosts VA Research Funding Briefing
- Members of EPA CASAC Question Morbidity Impacts of Air Pollution – ATS Responds
- ATS Hill Day 2019
- ATS Joins Letter Supporting Funding for CDC Tobacco Control Programs
- ATS Joins Comment Letter on EPA’s Carbon Standards for Power Plants
- Trump Proposes Significant Cuts to Health and Environmental Programs in Proposed FY2020 Budget
- FDA Issues Draft Enforcement Guidance on Tobacco Products
- Court Orders FDA to Finalize Cigarette Graphic Warning Labels by March 2020
- Trump Proposes Significant Cuts to Health and Environment Programs in Proposed FY2020 Budget
- ATS Joins Effort Supporting CDC Funding
- ATS2019 ADVOCACY WORKSHOP
- ATS Convenes TB Briefing with Partners
- ATS Testifies Before House Appropriation Committee on FY20 EPA Funding
- ATS Joins Amicus Brief in Case to Force Federal Response to Climate Change
February
- ATS/CHEST Survey Membership on Physician Office Visits
- ATS Research News Quarterly
- ATS Comments on OSHA Beryllium Standard
- ATS Comments on EPA Coal-Power Plant Carbon Emissions Standards
- Congress and the President Agree on Funding Bill to Avert Government Shutdown – Bill Provides Significant Funding Boost for Global TB
January
- Negotiations Resume After Two Failed Senate Votes to Reopen the Government
- ATS Now Accepting Applications for the 2019/2020 ATS Fellowship in Health Equality and Diversity
- Partial Government Shutdown Heads into Fifth Week with No Resolution in Sight
- ATS Opposes Delay in EPA Wood Stoves/Wood Furnaces Rule
- Partial Government Shutdown Continues
Last Reviewed: November 2019
