Washington Letter
August
- HHS Establishes Office of Long COVID Research and Practice
- ATS Responds to NIH's TB Strategic Framework
- FDA Center for Tobacco Control Issues Warning Letters to Sellers of Illegal E-Cig Products that Appeal to Children
- EPA Delays Action on New Ozone Standard
- ATS Testifies in Support of MSHA Silica Standard
- And the House Appropriations Committee Speaks on Tobacco & Nicotone Too...
- House Appropriations Committee Cuts EPA funding and Includes Policy Riders
- House Subcommittee Passes LHHS Services Appropriations with Big Cuts and Legislative Riders
- Biden Names Jeanne M. Marrazzo, MD, as NIAID Director
July
- Congress Advances International TB Control Legislation
- Friends of NIEHS Coalition Letter to Senate Appropriations Subcommittees
- Senate Makes Progress on Funding Bills, House Struggles with Funding Measures
- CDC to Launch "Bridge Access Program" in Fall 2023 to Provide Free COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments to Uninsured and Underinsured Adults
- House Appropriations Committee Eliminates Tobacco Control Funding, Blocks FDA Tobacco Regulations
- House Appropriations Subcommittee Cuts NIH and CDC Budget
- MSHA Proposes New Silica Exposure Limits for Miners
- Nomination of NIH Director Delayed
- House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Provide Increase for VA Research Funding
- Centers for Cancer Control Research in Areas of Persistent Poverty
- ATS Submits Amicus Brief in Support of the City of Berkeley, CA
- ATS Submits Comments on EPA Heavy-Duty Vehicle GHG Rule
- ATS Urges EPA to Issue More Protective Standards for Mercury-and-Air Toxic Emissions from Power Plants
- ATS Joins Amicus Brief to Protect Access to Preventative Services under ACA
June
- ATS Participates in Survey of Telemedicine E/M CPT Codes
- Biden Expected to Nominate Mandy Cohen MD, MPH as CDC Director
- Proposed Division of Lung Disease Reorganization
- ATS Hill Day - ATS Goes to Congress
- Debt Ceiling Bill Passes Congress
- ATS Holds Climate Change Rally on Capitol Hill
May
- EPA Proposes Rule to Reduce GHG Emissions from Power Plants
- ATS Testifies in Support of GHG Vehicle Tailpipe Emissions Standards
- ATS Testifies in Support of Reducing Mercury and Air Toxins
- Join us at the ATS Climate Change Rally on Capitol Hill
- USPSFT Supports Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults
April
- ATS and California Thoracic Society Urge California to Take Action Against "Cool/Non-menthol" Cigarettes
- House Passes Debt Limit Bill
- ATS Joins Amicus Brief to Preserve Preventive Service Benefits Under ACA
- Dr. Monica Bertagnolli is a Candidate for NIH Director
- Spring Issue of ATS Coding and Billing Quarterly Available
- House Republicans Issue Debt Limit Proposal
- Fiscal Year 2024 Funding for Global and Domestic TB Programs
- FDA Proposal to Ban Menthol Cigarettes & Flavored Cigars Hit One-Year Anniversary
- EPA Accelerates EV Transition in Proposal to Reduce Tailpipe Emissions
- EPA Proposes Mercury and Air Toxic Pollution Reductions from Coal-Fired Power Plants
- NCI Issues Strategic Plan
- Biden Administration to Expand Medicaid and ACA Health Care Access to DACA Immigrants
- Juul Settles with six States and D.C. over Youth Marketing Practices
- Texas Judge Strikes Affordable Care Act Preventive Services Requirement
- ATS Tells EPA to Set More Protective PM2.5 Standard
- ATS Testifies in Support of More Protective Ozone Standard
March
- ATS Lobbies Congress (Virtually!)
- ATS Comments on Healthcare Workforce Shortage
- Global TB Control Legislation Introduced
- Research News Quarterly
- EPA Final Good Neighbor Rule to Reduce Cross State Emission of Ozone Pollution
- ATS Supports NIH's Proposed Simplified Review Framework for Research Project Grant Applications
- Biden Unveils FY 2024 Budget Request - Provides Uneven Increases for NIH Institutes
- ATS Files Amicus Brief to Support EPA Authority to Regulate Pollution from Vehicles
- ATS Joins Public Health Community in Request for Tobacco Control Funding
- ATS Testifies at EPA Hearing in Support of More Protective PM Standards
- ATS Urges Action on Ozone Transport Rule
February
- ATS Participates in Survey of Telemedicine E/M CPT Codes
- ATS Leadership Meets Director of Newly Created ARPA-H
- FDA CTP Seeks Fines on Makers of Illegal E-cigarette Products
- END TB Now Act Introduced in the Senate
- Joint ATS/Chest Webinar on Final Medicare Rule Available on ATS Website
- EPA Issues Final Appropriate and Necessary Finding for Mercury and Air Toxic Emissions
- Biden Administration Announces Actions on Cancer Moonshot Initiative
- Biden Administration Announces End of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
January
- FDA Denies Marketing of Two Menthol-Flavored E-Cigarette Products
- ATS & CHEST to Hold Joint Webinar on 2023 Medicare Coding and Billing Changes
- Spending Bill Fixes Paperwork Barriers to VA Research - ATS Advocacy Win
- Congress and Administration Finally Complete FY23 Spending Bills – Research and Public Health Programs Receive Increases
- EPA Released Proposed New Particulate Matter Pollution Standard – Fails to Follow Expert Recommendations
- ATS & CHEST Hold Joint Webinar on 2023 Medicare Coding and Billing Changes
Last Reviewed: April 2023
