Washington Letter
December
- Administration Reminds Governors of Federal Emergency Funding to Respond to Triple Threat - COVID-19, RSV & Flu
- Texas Judge Rules Against FDA Graphic Warning Labels for Cigarettes
- Supreme Court Rejects Request to Stay Implementation of California Flavored Tobacco Ban
- Congress Passes One-Week Funding Extension - Continues Work on FY23 Funding Bill
- CDC Releases Publication: "Reported Tuberculosis in the United States"
- TB Legislation Moves in Senate
November
- EPA Issues Proposed Rule to Reduce Methane Emissions from Existing Oil and Natural Gas Extraction Operations
- Medicaid Expansion Approved in South Dakota
- FDA Issues Warning Letters to Company Illegally Marketing E-Cigarettes
October
- FDA Denies Menthol E-cigarette Product Application
- ATS Sends Letter to FDA Urging Nicotine Product Standard for All Tobacco Products
- White House Releases Nearly $1 Billion in Funds for Electric School Buses
- ACA's Preventative Care Requirement Under New Attack
- USAID Announces Eight-Year Strategy to End Tuberculosis
- World Health Organization's 2022 Global TB Report
- FDA Takes Makers of Illegal E-cigarettes Products to Court
- Dr. Arati Prabhaker Confirmed as Director of White House OSTP
- More Kids are Using E-Cigarettes - CDC Releases 2022 Youth Tobacco Survey Data
- 2022 NINR Director's Lecture Series: Health Equity
- ATS Responds to Proposed Rulemaking on Non-Discrimination
- Monica Bertagnolli, MD - New NCI Director
- ATS Joins Letter to Department of Energy Supporting Efficiency Standards for Furnaces
- House and Senate Pass Continuing Resolution
- EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights
September
- Philips Respironics Recalls Additional BPAP Devices
- ATS Participates in Medical Summit on Firearm Injury Prevention
- President Biden Reports on Cancer Moonshot Initiative
- President Biden Appoints Dr. Renne Wegrzyn Inaugural ARPA-H Director
- State Attorneys General Research Tentative Settlement with Juul for Marketing Nicotine to Kids
- Federal Judge Rules Against ACA Requirement on Cover HIV-Prevention Drugs
- ATS Submits Comments to CMS on Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule
- Congress Holds Hearing on Car Air Pollution Control Defeat Devices
August
- California Moves to Phase-In Sale of 100 Percent Zero-Emissions Vehicles by 2035
- Inflation Reduction Act Strengthens EPA's authority to Regulate GHG emissions
- Dr. Fauci Stepping Down as Director of the NIAID
- Biden Signs Major Climate, Health and Tax Bill Into Law
July
- July 2022 Issue of ATS Research News Quarterly Available
- Manchin and Schumer Reach Agreement on Major Climate, Health, and Tax Bill
- Senate Appropriations Committee Markup of FY 2023 Spending Bills
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation Payment Cuts in Proposed CMS Outpatient Prospective Payment Rule
- Federal Court in Texas to Hear New Challenge to ACA
- Monica Bertagnolli Pre-Announcement
- SCOTUS Scales Back EPA's Authority to Respond to Climate Change
- Court Temporarily Blocks FDA's Action to Remove Juul from US Market
June
- FDA Orders Juul Products Removed from US Market
- FDA Announces Plans to Issue Nicotine Product Standard for Combustible Tobacco Products
- ATS Comments on EPA's Proposal to Address Cross State Ozone Pollution
- HHS Delays Action on MAC Decision to List Tezspire as a Self-Administered Drug
- House Subcommittee Provides Increase in NIH, CDC Funding
- House Appropriations Committee Moves Other Key Spending Bills
- ATS Testifies to the EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee
- ATS Comments on FDA Proposed Rules to Ban Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars
- House Subcommittee Recommends Increase for VA Research
- FDA Schedules Sessions to Collect Public Input on Menthol Cigarette and Flavored Cigar Rule
- Impact of COVID-19 Health Misinformation in the Digital Information Environment
- ATS Submits Written Testimony on Fiscal Year 2023
April
- FDA Issues Proposed Rules to Remove Menthol from Cigarettes and Flavors from Cigars
- Federal Judge Rules Mask Mandate Exceeds CDC's Public Health Authority - Biden Administration to Appeal
- ATS Testifies in Support of EPA Proposal Rule to Reduce Downwind Ozone
- NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for DEIA
- ATS Participates in EPA Public Hearing on Diesel Truck and Heavy Duty Emissions Rule
- FDA Issues Deadline for Synthetic Nicotine Tobacco Products to Submit Applications
- President Biden Releases Proposed FY23 Budget
March
- 2022-2027 Strategic Plan for the NIH Center for Scientific Review
- ATS Recognizes World TB Day 2022
- The ATS Asks Biden Administration to Take Action on Tobacco Control
- ATS Holds Virtual Hill Day
- President Biden Signs Fiscal Year 2022 Omnibus Appropriations Law
- Congress Passes FY22 Spending Bill
- Congress Gives FDA Authority to Regulate Synthetic Nicotine as a Tobacco Product
- EPA Takes Three Major Actions to Address Air Quality
- ATS Conduct RUC Survey of Advanced Care Planning CPT Codes
- ATS Comments on OSTP's RFI: Strengthening Community Health Through Technology
February
- ATS Tells EPA to Issue More Protective Particulate Matter Standard
- ATS Supports EPA's Decision to Regulate Mercury & Air Toxics from Power Plants
- Senate Confirms Robert Califf, M.D. as FDA Commissioner
- DOJ Issues Finding that May Limit Outside Salary Support for VA Investigators
- Congress Passes Short-Term Continuing Resolution
- Congressional Leaders Make Progress on FY22 Spending Bills
- The American Thoracic Society Urges Passafe of Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations
- CMS Expands Eligibility for Lung Cancer Screening
- ATS Accepting Applications for Health Equity Fellowships
- EPA Issues "Necessary and Appropriate" Finding to Suppor
January
- ATS Briefing with NIEHS Director Rick Woychik, PhD
- ATS Coding and Billing Quarterly Errata
- ATS Files Amicus Brief in Pivotal US Supreme Court Case on Climate Change Regulation
- NHLBI Director Shares Research Vision with Community Leaders
- White House Launches At-Home COVID-19 Test Campaign
- NIH Sleep Research Plan Congressional Briefing, Jan. 25, 2022
- HHS Extends COVID Public Health Emergency 90-Days
- U.S. Supreme Court Blocks OSHA COVID-19 Vaccination Rule – Allows CMS Vaccination Rule to Move Forward
- ATS Issues Next Edition of ATS Coding and Billing Quarterly with Webinar
- ATS Urges Biden Administration to Issue Updated Regulation on Heavy Diesel Engines
- U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments on CMS and OSHA COVID Vaccine Rules
Last Reviewed: December 2022
