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To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for public health research and investment into understanding and eliminating structural racism and police violence. This bill establishes within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a National Center on Antiracism and Health and a law enforcement violence prevention program. Among other activities, the new center must declare racism a public health crisis, collect and analyze data, and administer research and grant programs to address racism and its impact on health and well-being. Additionally, the bill specifically directs the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, in coordination with the Department of Justice and other relevant stakeholders, to carry out the law enforcement violence prevention program by conducting research and supporting other activities pertaining to law enforcement violence and public health.

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Ayanna Pressley (D)*,  Joyce Beatty (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Kathy Castor (D),  Judy Chu (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Jim Cooper (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Al Green (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Brian Higgins (D),  Pramila Jayapal (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Grace Meng (D),  Kweisi Mfume (D),  Jerry Nadler (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),  Ilhan Omar (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Dutch Ruppersberger (D),  Michael San Nicolas (D),  John Sarbanes (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Terri Sewell (D),  Albio Sires (D),  Adam Smith (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Bennie Thompson (D),  Rashida Tlaib (D),  Peter Welch (D), 

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (on 09/04/2020)

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