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	* [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC)		* [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC)
	* [[Occupational Safety and Health Administration]] (OSHA)		* [[Occupational Safety and Health Administration]] (OSHA)

			==Notes==

			A couple elements of this article are reused from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_for_Occupational_Safety_and_Health the Wikipedia article].

	==References==		==References==

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	On May 13, 2004, the CDC released a press release indicating a significant realignment of the agency's "priorities and investments."<ref name="CDCMay13">{{cite web \|url=http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040513.htm \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308094632/http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040513.htm \|title=CDC Announces New Goals and Organizational Design \|publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \|date=13 May 2004 \|archivedate=8 March 2008 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> As part of the realignment, NIOSH, along with several other environmental health agencies, would have been placed under a new entity called the Coordinating Center for Environmental Health, Injury Prevention, and Occupational Health, effective October 1, 2004.<ref name="CDCMay13" /> However, many inside and outside the CDC argued against the move, stating it "would move NIOSH to a lower level within the departmental structure, obscuring its historical identity and likely diminishing its effectiveness."<ref name="ASSESep4">{{cite web \|url=http://www.asse.org/professionalaffairs/govtaffairs/ngposi15.php \|title=White Paper: Effective Reorganization for NIOSH \|publisher=American Society of Safety Engineers \|date=September 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="LHSFNACritics">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/index.cfm/lifelines/october-2004/critics-object-to-niosh-reorganization-in-cdc/ \|journal=LIFELINES \|title=Critics Object to NIOSH Reorganization \|author=Clark, Steve \|volume=1 \|issue=5 \|year=October 2004 \|publisher=Laborers' Health & Safety Fund of North America \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="KaiserReorg">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.sciencemag.org/content/304/5671/662.1.long \|journal=Science \|title=Reorganization plans roil staff scientists at CDC \|author=Kaiser, Jocelyn \|volume=304 \|issue=5671 \|pages=662–663 \|date=30 April 2004 \|pmid=15118131 \|doi=10.1126/science.304.5671.662a \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="IOMandate">{{cite journal \|url=http://insidehealthpolicy.com/Inside-OSHA/Inside-OSHA-08/23/2004/osha-chief-niosh-reorganization-outside-nacoshs-mandate/menu-id-976.html \|journal=Inside OSHA \|title=OSHA Chief: NIOSH Reorganization Outside Nacosh's Mandate \|volume=11 \|issue=17 \|date=23 August 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="AFGENIOSH">{{cite web \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/files/AfgWP13.pdf \|format=PDF \|title=The Future of NIOSH: A View from Inside \|author=American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3840 \|publisher=American Federation of Government Employees \|date=November 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> Some entities even argued if anything NIOSH should be placed outside the CDC under a higher level department such as the U.S. Department of Labor or directly to the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services\|Department of Health and Human Services]], or even into the National Institutes of Health (NIH).<ref name="ASSESep4" /><ref name="AFGENIOSH" /><ref name="MSWhereTo">{{cite web \|url=http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/504483 \|title=Where to Put NIOSH? \|author=Dobbin, Denny \|work=Medscape \|publisher=WebMD \|date=31 May 2005 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> In the end, Congress changed language in the 2005 appropriations legislation directing the CDC to maintain NIOSH as it was within the CDC.<ref name="MSWhereTo" /><ref name="LHSFNAOpp">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/index.cfm/lifelines/january-2005/opposition-shelves-niosh-reorganization/ \|journal=LIFELINES \|title=Opposition Shelves NIOSH Reorganization, But Battle for Science-Based Policy Continues \|volume=1 \|issue=8 \|year=January 2005 \|publisher=Laborers' Health & Safety Fund of North America \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> However, other parts of the CDC reorganization still went into effect on April 21, 2005.<ref name="CDCReorg">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5415a8.htm \|journal=Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report \|title=Notice to Readers: CDC Announces Landmark Reorganization \|volume=54 \|issue=15 \|page=387 \|date=22 April 2005 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref>		On May 13, 2004, the CDC released a press release indicating a significant realignment of the agency's "priorities and investments."<ref name="CDCMay13">{{cite web \|url=http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040513.htm \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308094632/http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040513.htm \|title=CDC Announces New Goals and Organizational Design \|publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \|date=13 May 2004 \|archivedate=8 March 2008 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> As part of the realignment, NIOSH, along with several other environmental health agencies, would have been placed under a new entity called the Coordinating Center for Environmental Health, Injury Prevention, and Occupational Health, effective October 1, 2004.<ref name="CDCMay13" /> However, many inside and outside the CDC argued against the move, stating it "would move NIOSH to a lower level within the departmental structure, obscuring its historical identity and likely diminishing its effectiveness."<ref name="ASSESep4">{{cite web \|url=http://www.asse.org/professionalaffairs/govtaffairs/ngposi15.php \|title=White Paper: Effective Reorganization for NIOSH \|publisher=American Society of Safety Engineers \|date=September 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="LHSFNACritics">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/index.cfm/lifelines/october-2004/critics-object-to-niosh-reorganization-in-cdc/ \|journal=LIFELINES \|title=Critics Object to NIOSH Reorganization \|author=Clark, Steve \|volume=1 \|issue=5 \|year=October 2004 \|publisher=Laborers' Health & Safety Fund of North America \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="KaiserReorg">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.sciencemag.org/content/304/5671/662.1.long \|journal=Science \|title=Reorganization plans roil staff scientists at CDC \|author=Kaiser, Jocelyn \|volume=304 \|issue=5671 \|pages=662–663 \|date=30 April 2004 \|pmid=15118131 \|doi=10.1126/science.304.5671.662a \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="IOMandate">{{cite journal \|url=http://insidehealthpolicy.com/Inside-OSHA/Inside-OSHA-08/23/2004/osha-chief-niosh-reorganization-outside-nacoshs-mandate/menu-id-976.html \|journal=Inside OSHA \|title=OSHA Chief: NIOSH Reorganization Outside Nacosh's Mandate \|volume=11 \|issue=17 \|date=23 August 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="AFGENIOSH">{{cite web \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/files/AfgWP13.pdf \|format=PDF \|title=The Future of NIOSH: A View from Inside \|author=American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3840 \|publisher=American Federation of Government Employees \|date=November 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> Some entities even argued if anything NIOSH should be placed outside the CDC under a higher level department such as the U.S. Department of Labor or directly to the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services\|Department of Health and Human Services]], or even into the National Institutes of Health (NIH).<ref name="ASSESep4" /><ref name="AFGENIOSH" /><ref name="MSWhereTo">{{cite web \|url=http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/504483 \|title=Where to Put NIOSH? \|author=Dobbin, Denny \|work=Medscape \|publisher=WebMD \|date=31 May 2005 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> In the end, Congress changed language in the 2005 appropriations legislation directing the CDC to maintain NIOSH as it was within the CDC.<ref name="MSWhereTo" /><ref name="LHSFNAOpp">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/index.cfm/lifelines/january-2005/opposition-shelves-niosh-reorganization/ \|journal=LIFELINES \|title=Opposition Shelves NIOSH Reorganization, But Battle for Science-Based Policy Continues \|volume=1 \|issue=8 \|year=January 2005 \|publisher=Laborers' Health & Safety Fund of North America \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> However, other parts of the CDC reorganization still went into effect on April 21, 2005.<ref name="CDCReorg">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5415a8.htm \|journal=Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report \|title=Notice to Readers: CDC Announces Landmark Reorganization \|volume=54 \|issue=15 \|page=387 \|date=22 April 2005 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref>

	~~The discouraging news wouldn't stop, however.~~ The day after the CDC reorganization went into effect, news broke concerning the 2006 proposed NIOSH budget, which would have potentially reduced the agency's maximum number of full-time employees from 1435 to 1246. Additional concerns were raised about the lack of budget increase and how NIOSH must pay the CDC for business services support every year.<ref name="NIOSHHSFund05" /><ref name="NIOSHEHS05" /> Budgetary concerns were again raised in April 2013 concerning proposed budget cuts to NIOSH for fiscal year 2014.<ref name="AIHA14Budg">{{cite web \|url=https://www.aiha.org/publications-and-resources/TheSynergist/Industry%20News/Pages/President%27s-Budget-Small-Increase-for-OSHA,-Significant-Cuts-for-NIOSH.aspx \|title=President's Budget: Small Increase for OSHA, Significant Cuts for NIOSH \|work=The Synergist \|publisher=American Industrial Hygiene Association \|date=17 April 2013 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="EHS14Budg">{{cite web \|url=http://ehstoday.com/safety/2014-budget-request-good-newsbad-news-osha-niosh-msha \|title=2014 Budget Request Is Good News/Bad News for OSHA, NIOSH, MSHA \|author=Smith, Sandy \|work=EHS Today \|publisher=Penton \|date=11 April 2013 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref>		The day after the CDC reorganization went into effect, news broke concerning the 2006 proposed NIOSH budget, which would have potentially reduced the agency's maximum number of full-time employees from 1435 to 1246. Additional concerns were raised about the lack of budget increase and how NIOSH must pay the CDC for business services support every year.<ref name="NIOSHHSFund05" /><ref name="NIOSHEHS05" /> Budgetary concerns were again raised in April 2013 concerning proposed budget cuts to NIOSH for fiscal year 2014.<ref name="AIHA14Budg">{{cite web \|url=https://www.aiha.org/publications-and-resources/TheSynergist/Industry%20News/Pages/President%27s-Budget-Small-Increase-for-OSHA,-Significant-Cuts-for-NIOSH.aspx \|title=President's Budget: Small Increase for OSHA, Significant Cuts for NIOSH \|work=The Synergist \|publisher=American Industrial Hygiene Association \|date=17 April 2013 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="EHS14Budg">{{cite web \|url=http://ehstoday.com/safety/2014-budget-request-good-newsbad-news-osha-niosh-msha \|title=2014 Budget Request Is Good News/Bad News for OSHA, NIOSH, MSHA \|author=Smith, Sandy \|work=EHS Today \|publisher=Penton \|date=11 April 2013 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref>

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	==References==		==References==

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	==History==		==History==
	The Occupational Safety and Health Act, signed by President Richard M. Nixon on December 29, 1970, created both NIOSH and the [[Occupational Safety and Health Administration]] (OSHA).<ref name="OSHAHist">{{cite web \|url=https://www.osha.gov/as/opa/osha35yearmilestones.html \|title=OSHA 35-Year Milestones \|publisher=U.S. Department of Labor \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="29USC15">{{cite web \|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCODE-2011-title29/USCODE-2011-title29-chap15/content-detail.html \|title=Title 29 Chapter 15 - Occupational Safety and Health \|work=United States Code \|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office \|date=2012 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> NIOSH was established to help ensure safe and healthful working conditions by providing research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health.		The Occupational Safety and Health Act, signed by President Richard M. Nixon on December 29, 1970, created both NIOSH and the [[Occupational Safety and Health Administration]] (OSHA).<ref name="OSHAHist">{{cite web \|url=https://www.osha.gov/as/opa/osha35yearmilestones.html \|title=OSHA 35-Year Milestones \|publisher=U.S. Department of Labor \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="29USC15">{{cite web \|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCODE-2011-title29/USCODE-2011-title29-chap15/content-detail.html \|title=Title 29 Chapter 15 - Occupational Safety and Health \|work=United States Code \|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office \|date=2012 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="29CFR671">{{cite web \|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2012-title29/pdf/USCODE-2012-title29-chap15-sec671.pdf \|format=PDF \|title=Title 29 § 671 - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health \|work=United States Code \|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office \|date=2012 \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref> NIOSH was established to help ensure safe and healthful working conditions by providing research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health.

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	==NIOSH authority==		==NIOSH authority==
	Unlike its counterpart, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, NIOSH is not a regulatory agency. It does not issue safety and health standards that are enforceable under U.S. law. Rather, NIOSH's authority under the Occupational Safety and Health Act 29 CFR § 671 is to "develop and establish recommended occupational safety and health standards," to "conduct such research and experimental programs ... for the development of criteria for new and improved occupational safety and health standards," and to manage other activities like mine safety and lead-based paint removal. NIOSH may also fund research by other agencies or private organizations through grants, contracts, and other arrangements.<ref name="29CFR671"~~>{{cite web \|url=http:~~//www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2012-title29/pdf/USCODE-2012-title29-chap15-sec671.pdf \|format=PDF \|title=Title 29 § 671 - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health \|work=United States Code \|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office \|date=2012 \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref>		Unlike its counterpart, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, NIOSH is not a regulatory agency. It does not issue safety and health standards that are enforceable under U.S. law. Rather, NIOSH's authority under the Occupational Safety and Health Act 29 CFR § 671 is to "develop and establish recommended occupational safety and health standards," to "conduct such research and experimental programs ... for the development of criteria for new and improved occupational safety and health standards," and to manage other activities like mine safety and lead-based paint removal. NIOSH may also fund research by other agencies or private organizations through grants, contracts, and other arrangements.<ref name="29CFR671" />

	==See also==		==See also==

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	==History==		==History==
	The Occupational Safety and Health Act, signed by President Richard M. Nixon on December 29, 1970, created both NIOSH and the [[Occupational Safety and Health Administration]] (OSHA). NIOSH was established to help ensure safe and healthful working conditions by providing research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health.		The Occupational Safety and Health Act, signed by President Richard M. Nixon on December 29, 1970, created both NIOSH and the [[Occupational Safety and Health Administration]] (OSHA).<ref name="OSHAHist">{{cite web \|url=https://www.osha.gov/as/opa/osha35yearmilestones.html \|title=OSHA 35-Year Milestones \|publisher=U.S. Department of Labor \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="29USC15">{{cite web \|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCODE-2011-title29/USCODE-2011-title29-chap15/content-detail.html \|title=Title 29 Chapter 15 - Occupational Safety and Health \|work=United States Code \|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office \|date=2012 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> NIOSH was established to help ensure safe and healthful working conditions by providing research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health.

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	On May 13, 2004, the CDC released a press release indicating a significant realignment of the agency's "priorities and investments."<ref name="CDCMay13">{{cite web \|url=http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040513.htm \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308094632/http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040513.htm \|title=CDC Announces New Goals and Organizational Design \|publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \|date=13 May 2004 \|archivedate=8 March 2008 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> As part of the realignment, NIOSH, along with several other environmental health agencies, would have been placed under a new entity called the Coordinating Center for Environmental Health, Injury Prevention, and Occupational Health, effective October 1, 2004.<ref name="CDCMay13" /> However, many inside and outside the CDC argued against the move, stating it "would move NIOSH to a lower level within the departmental structure, obscuring its historical identity and likely diminishing its effectiveness."<ref name="ASSESep4">{{cite web \|url=http://www.asse.org/professionalaffairs/govtaffairs/ngposi15.php \|title=White Paper: Effective Reorganization for NIOSH \|publisher=American Society of Safety Engineers \|date=September 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="LHSFNACritics">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/index.cfm/lifelines/october-2004/critics-object-to-niosh-reorganization-in-cdc/ \|journal=LIFELINES \|title=Critics Object to NIOSH Reorganization \|author=Clark, Steve \|volume=1 \|issue=5 \|year=October 2004 \|publisher=Laborers' Health & Safety Fund of North America \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="KaiserReorg">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.sciencemag.org/content/304/5671/662.1.long \|journal=Science \|title=Reorganization plans roil staff scientists at CDC \|author=Kaiser, Jocelyn \|volume=304 \|issue=5671 \|pages=662–663 \|date=30 April 2004 \|pmid=15118131 \|doi=10.1126/science.304.5671.662a \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="IOMandate">{{cite journal \|url=http://insidehealthpolicy.com/Inside-OSHA/Inside-OSHA-08/23/2004/osha-chief-niosh-reorganization-outside-nacoshs-mandate/menu-id-976.html \|journal=Inside OSHA \|title=OSHA Chief: NIOSH Reorganization Outside Nacosh's Mandate \|volume=11 \|issue=17 \|date=23 August 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="AFGENIOSH">{{cite web \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/files/AfgWP13.pdf \|format=PDF \|title=The Future of NIOSH: A View from Inside \|author=American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3840 \|publisher=American Federation of Government Employees \|date=November 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> Some entities even argued if anything NIOSH should be placed outside the CDC under a higher level department such as the U.S. Department of Labor or directly to the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services\|Department of Health and Human Services]], or even into the National Institutes of Health (NIH).<ref name="ASSESep4" /><ref name="AFGENIOSH" /><ref name="MSWhereTo">{{cite web \|url=http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/504483 \|title=Where to Put NIOSH? \|author=Dobbin, Denny \|work=Medscape \|publisher=WebMD \|date=31 May 2005 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> In the end, Congress changed language in the 2005 appropriations legislation directing the CDC to maintain NIOSH as it was within the CDC.<ref name="MSWhereTo" /><ref name="LHSFNAOpp">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/index.cfm/lifelines/january-2005/opposition-shelves-niosh-reorganization/ \|journal=LIFELINES \|title=Opposition Shelves NIOSH Reorganization, But Battle for Science-Based Policy Continues \|volume=1 \|issue=8 \|year=January 2005 \|publisher=Laborers' Health & Safety Fund of North America \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> However, other parts of the CDC reorganization still went into effect on April 21, 2005.<ref name="CDCReorg">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5415a8.htm \|journal=Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report \|title=Notice to Readers: CDC Announces Landmark Reorganization \|volume=54 \|issue=15 \|page=387 \|date=22 April 2005 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref>		On May 13, 2004, the CDC released a press release indicating a significant realignment of the agency's "priorities and investments."<ref name="CDCMay13">{{cite web \|url=http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040513.htm \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308094632/http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040513.htm \|title=CDC Announces New Goals and Organizational Design \|publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \|date=13 May 2004 \|archivedate=8 March 2008 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> As part of the realignment, NIOSH, along with several other environmental health agencies, would have been placed under a new entity called the Coordinating Center for Environmental Health, Injury Prevention, and Occupational Health, effective October 1, 2004.<ref name="CDCMay13" /> However, many inside and outside the CDC argued against the move, stating it "would move NIOSH to a lower level within the departmental structure, obscuring its historical identity and likely diminishing its effectiveness."<ref name="ASSESep4">{{cite web \|url=http://www.asse.org/professionalaffairs/govtaffairs/ngposi15.php \|title=White Paper: Effective Reorganization for NIOSH \|publisher=American Society of Safety Engineers \|date=September 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="LHSFNACritics">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/index.cfm/lifelines/october-2004/critics-object-to-niosh-reorganization-in-cdc/ \|journal=LIFELINES \|title=Critics Object to NIOSH Reorganization \|author=Clark, Steve \|volume=1 \|issue=5 \|year=October 2004 \|publisher=Laborers' Health & Safety Fund of North America \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="KaiserReorg">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.sciencemag.org/content/304/5671/662.1.long \|journal=Science \|title=Reorganization plans roil staff scientists at CDC \|author=Kaiser, Jocelyn \|volume=304 \|issue=5671 \|pages=662–663 \|date=30 April 2004 \|pmid=15118131 \|doi=10.1126/science.304.5671.662a \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="IOMandate">{{cite journal \|url=http://insidehealthpolicy.com/Inside-OSHA/Inside-OSHA-08/23/2004/osha-chief-niosh-reorganization-outside-nacoshs-mandate/menu-id-976.html \|journal=Inside OSHA \|title=OSHA Chief: NIOSH Reorganization Outside Nacosh's Mandate \|volume=11 \|issue=17 \|date=23 August 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="AFGENIOSH">{{cite web \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/files/AfgWP13.pdf \|format=PDF \|title=The Future of NIOSH: A View from Inside \|author=American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3840 \|publisher=American Federation of Government Employees \|date=November 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> Some entities even argued if anything NIOSH should be placed outside the CDC under a higher level department such as the U.S. Department of Labor or directly to the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services\|Department of Health and Human Services]], or even into the National Institutes of Health (NIH).<ref name="ASSESep4" /><ref name="AFGENIOSH" /><ref name="MSWhereTo">{{cite web \|url=http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/504483 \|title=Where to Put NIOSH? \|author=Dobbin, Denny \|work=Medscape \|publisher=WebMD \|date=31 May 2005 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> In the end, Congress changed language in the 2005 appropriations legislation directing the CDC to maintain NIOSH as it was within the CDC.<ref name="MSWhereTo" /><ref name="LHSFNAOpp">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/index.cfm/lifelines/january-2005/opposition-shelves-niosh-reorganization/ \|journal=LIFELINES \|title=Opposition Shelves NIOSH Reorganization, But Battle for Science-Based Policy Continues \|volume=1 \|issue=8 \|year=January 2005 \|publisher=Laborers' Health & Safety Fund of North America \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> However, other parts of the CDC reorganization still went into effect on April 21, 2005.<ref name="CDCReorg">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5415a8.htm \|journal=Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report \|title=Notice to Readers: CDC Announces Landmark Reorganization \|volume=54 \|issue=15 \|page=387 \|date=22 April 2005 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref>

			The discouraging news wouldn't stop, however. The day after the CDC reorganization went into effect, news broke concerning the 2006 proposed NIOSH budget, which would have potentially reduced the agency's maximum number of full-time employees from 1435 to 1246. Additional concerns were raised about the lack of budget increase and how NIOSH must pay the CDC for business services support every year.<ref name="NIOSHHSFund05" /><ref name="NIOSHEHS05" /> Budgetary concerns were again raised in April 2013 concerning proposed budget cuts to NIOSH for fiscal year 2014.<ref name="AIHA14Budg">{{cite web \|url=https://www.aiha.org/publications-and-resources/TheSynergist/Industry%20News/Pages/President%27s-Budget-Small-Increase-for-OSHA,-Significant-Cuts-for-NIOSH.aspx \|title=President's Budget: Small Increase for OSHA, Significant Cuts for NIOSH \|work=The Synergist \|publisher=American Industrial Hygiene Association \|date=17 April 2013 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="EHS14Budg">{{cite web \|url=http://ehstoday.com/safety/2014-budget-request-good-newsbad-news-osha-niosh-msha \|title=2014 Budget Request Is Good News/Bad News for OSHA, NIOSH, MSHA \|author=Smith, Sandy \|work=EHS Today \|publisher=Penton \|date=11 April 2013 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref>

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	On June 14, 1995, many members of the House of Representative put forth bill H.R. 1834 to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which would have, among other things, eliminated NIOSH.<ref name="HR1834">{{cite web \|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-104hr1834ih/pdf/BILLS-104hr1834ih.pdf \|format=PDF \|title=H.R. 1834 \|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office \|date=14 June 1995 \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref> Several hearings were held in June, July, and August to discuss the proposed bill<ref name="Hearings95OSHA">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.ca/books?ei=774wU8bfIYmEyAHnoIHABQ&id=6YIxel382ucC \|title=Hearings on Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA): Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, Hearings Held in Washington, DC, March 8, June 20 and 28, July 27, and in Pickens, South Carolina, August 24, 1995 \|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office \|year=1996 \|volume=4 \|isbn=9780160534614 \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref>, which ultimately was not enacted.<ref name="GovTrackHR1834">{{cite web \|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/104/hr1834#overview \|title=H.R. 1834 (104th): Safety and Health Improvement and Regulatory Reform Act of 1995 \|work=GovTrack.us \|publisher=Civic Impulse \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref>		On June 14, 1995, many members of the House of Representative put forth bill H.R. 1834 to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which would have, among other things, eliminated NIOSH.<ref name="HR1834">{{cite web \|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-104hr1834ih/pdf/BILLS-104hr1834ih.pdf \|format=PDF \|title=H.R. 1834 \|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office \|date=14 June 1995 \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref> Several hearings were held in June, July, and August to discuss the proposed bill<ref name="Hearings95OSHA">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.ca/books?ei=774wU8bfIYmEyAHnoIHABQ&id=6YIxel382ucC \|title=Hearings on Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA): Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, Hearings Held in Washington, DC, March 8, June 20 and 28, July 27, and in Pickens, South Carolina, August 24, 1995 \|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office \|year=1996 \|volume=4 \|isbn=9780160534614 \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref>, which ultimately was not enacted.<ref name="GovTrackHR1834">{{cite web \|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/104/hr1834#overview \|title=H.R. 1834 (104th): Safety and Health Improvement and Regulatory Reform Act of 1995 \|work=GovTrack.us \|publisher=Civic Impulse \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref>

	On May 13, 2004, the CDC released a press release indicating a significant realignment of the agency's "priorities and investments."<ref name="CDCMay13">{{cite web \|url=http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040513.htm \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308094632/http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040513.htm \|title=CDC Announces New Goals and Organizational Design \|publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \|date=13 May 2004 \|archivedate=8 March 2008 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> As part of the realignment, NIOSH, along with several other environmental health agencies, would have been placed under a new entity called the Coordinating Center for Environmental Health, Injury Prevention, and Occupational Health, effective October 1, 2004.<ref name="CDCMay13" /> However, many inside and outside the CDC argued against the move, stating it "would move NIOSH to a lower level within the departmental structure, obscuring its historical identity and likely diminishing its effectiveness."<ref name="ASSESep4">{{cite web \|url=http://www.asse.org/professionalaffairs/govtaffairs/ngposi15.php \|title=White Paper: Effective Reorganization for NIOSH \|publisher=American Society of Safety Engineers \|date=September 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="LHSFNACritics">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/index.cfm/lifelines/october-2004/critics-object-to-niosh-reorganization-in-cdc/ \|journal=LIFELINES \|title=Critics Object to NIOSH Reorganization \|author=Clark, Steve \|volume=1 \|issue=5 \|year=October 2004 \|publisher=Laborers' Health & Safety Fund of North America \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="KaiserReorg">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.sciencemag.org/content/304/5671/662.1.long \|journal=Science \|title=Reorganization plans roil staff scientists at CDC \|author=Kaiser, Jocelyn \|volume=304 \|issue=5671 \|pages=662–663 \|date=30 April 2004 \|pmid=15118131 \|doi=10.1126/science.304.5671.662a \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="IOMandate">{{cite journal \|url=http://insidehealthpolicy.com/Inside-OSHA/Inside-OSHA-08/23/2004/osha-chief-niosh-reorganization-outside-nacoshs-mandate/menu-id-976.html \|journal=Inside OSHA \|title=OSHA Chief: NIOSH Reorganization Outside Nacosh's Mandate \|volume=11 \|issue=17 \|date=23 August 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="AFGENIOSH">{{cite web \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/files/AfgWP13.pdf \|format=PDF \|title=The Future of NIOSH: A View from Inside \|author=American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3840 \|publisher=American Federation of Government Employees \|date=November 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> Some entities even argued if anything NIOSH should be placed outside the CDC under a higher level department such as the U.S. Department of Labor or directly to the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services\|Department of Health and Human Services]].<ref name="ASSESep4" /><ref name="AFGENIOSH" /><ref name="MSWhereTo">{{cite web \|url=http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/504483 \|title=Where to Put NIOSH? \|author=Dobbin, Denny \|work=Medscape \|publisher=WebMD \|date=31 May 2005 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> In the end, Congress changed language in the 2005 appropriations legislation directing the CDC to maintain NIOSH as it was within the CDC.<ref name="MSWhereTo" />		On May 13, 2004, the CDC released a press release indicating a significant realignment of the agency's "priorities and investments."<ref name="CDCMay13">{{cite web \|url=http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040513.htm \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308094632/http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040513.htm \|title=CDC Announces New Goals and Organizational Design \|publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \|date=13 May 2004 \|archivedate=8 March 2008 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> As part of the realignment, NIOSH, along with several other environmental health agencies, would have been placed under a new entity called the Coordinating Center for Environmental Health, Injury Prevention, and Occupational Health, effective October 1, 2004.<ref name="CDCMay13" /> However, many inside and outside the CDC argued against the move, stating it "would move NIOSH to a lower level within the departmental structure, obscuring its historical identity and likely diminishing its effectiveness."<ref name="ASSESep4">{{cite web \|url=http://www.asse.org/professionalaffairs/govtaffairs/ngposi15.php \|title=White Paper: Effective Reorganization for NIOSH \|publisher=American Society of Safety Engineers \|date=September 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="LHSFNACritics">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/index.cfm/lifelines/october-2004/critics-object-to-niosh-reorganization-in-cdc/ \|journal=LIFELINES \|title=Critics Object to NIOSH Reorganization \|author=Clark, Steve \|volume=1 \|issue=5 \|year=October 2004 \|publisher=Laborers' Health & Safety Fund of North America \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="KaiserReorg">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.sciencemag.org/content/304/5671/662.1.long \|journal=Science \|title=Reorganization plans roil staff scientists at CDC \|author=Kaiser, Jocelyn \|volume=304 \|issue=5671 \|pages=662–663 \|date=30 April 2004 \|pmid=15118131 \|doi=10.1126/science.304.5671.662a \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="IOMandate">{{cite journal \|url=http://insidehealthpolicy.com/Inside-OSHA/Inside-OSHA-08/23/2004/osha-chief-niosh-reorganization-outside-nacoshs-mandate/menu-id-976.html \|journal=Inside OSHA \|title=OSHA Chief: NIOSH Reorganization Outside Nacosh's Mandate \|volume=11 \|issue=17 \|date=23 August 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="AFGENIOSH">{{cite web \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/files/AfgWP13.pdf \|format=PDF \|title=The Future of NIOSH: A View from Inside \|author=American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3840 \|publisher=American Federation of Government Employees \|date=November 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> Some entities even argued if anything NIOSH should be placed outside the CDC under a higher level department such as the U.S. Department of Labor or directly to the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services\|Department of Health and Human Services]], or even into the National Institutes of Health (NIH).<ref name="ASSESep4" /><ref name="AFGENIOSH" /><ref name="MSWhereTo">{{cite web \|url=http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/504483 \|title=Where to Put NIOSH? \|author=Dobbin, Denny \|work=Medscape \|publisher=WebMD \|date=31 May 2005 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> In the end, Congress changed language in the 2005 appropriations legislation directing the CDC to maintain NIOSH as it was within the CDC.<ref name="MSWhereTo" /><ref name="LHSFNAOpp">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/index.cfm/lifelines/january-2005/opposition-shelves-niosh-reorganization/ \|journal=LIFELINES \|title=Opposition Shelves NIOSH Reorganization, But Battle for Science-Based Policy Continues \|volume=1 \|issue=8 \|year=January 2005 \|publisher=Laborers' Health & Safety Fund of North America \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> However, other parts of the CDC reorganization still went into effect on April 21, 2005.<ref name="CDCReorg">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5415a8.htm \|journal=Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report \|title=Notice to Readers: CDC Announces Landmark Reorganization \|volume=54 \|issue=15 \|page=387 \|date=22 April 2005 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref>

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	On June 14, 1995, many members of the House of Representative put forth bill H.R. 1834 to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which would have, among other things, eliminated NIOSH.<ref name="HR1834">{{cite web \|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-104hr1834ih/pdf/BILLS-104hr1834ih.pdf \|format=PDF \|title=H.R. 1834 \|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office \|date=14 June 1995 \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref> Several hearings were held in June, July, and August to discuss the proposed bill<ref name="Hearings95OSHA">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.ca/books?ei=774wU8bfIYmEyAHnoIHABQ&id=6YIxel382ucC \|title=Hearings on Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA): Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, Hearings Held in Washington, DC, March 8, June 20 and 28, July 27, and in Pickens, South Carolina, August 24, 1995 \|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office \|year=1996 \|volume=4 \|isbn=9780160534614 \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref>, which ultimately was not enacted.<ref name="GovTrackHR1834">{{cite web \|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/104/hr1834#overview \|title=H.R. 1834 (104th): Safety and Health Improvement and Regulatory Reform Act of 1995 \|work=GovTrack.us \|publisher=Civic Impulse \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref>		On June 14, 1995, many members of the House of Representative put forth bill H.R. 1834 to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which would have, among other things, eliminated NIOSH.<ref name="HR1834">{{cite web \|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-104hr1834ih/pdf/BILLS-104hr1834ih.pdf \|format=PDF \|title=H.R. 1834 \|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office \|date=14 June 1995 \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref> Several hearings were held in June, July, and August to discuss the proposed bill<ref name="Hearings95OSHA">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.ca/books?ei=774wU8bfIYmEyAHnoIHABQ&id=6YIxel382ucC \|title=Hearings on Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA): Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, Hearings Held in Washington, DC, March 8, June 20 and 28, July 27, and in Pickens, South Carolina, August 24, 1995 \|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office \|year=1996 \|volume=4 \|isbn=9780160534614 \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref>, which ultimately was not enacted.<ref name="GovTrackHR1834">{{cite web \|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/104/hr1834#overview \|title=H.R. 1834 (104th): Safety and Health Improvement and Regulatory Reform Act of 1995 \|work=GovTrack.us \|publisher=Civic Impulse \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref>

	On May 13, 2004, the CDC released a press release indicating a significant realignment of the agency's "priorities and investments."<ref name="CDCMay13">{{cite web \|url=http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040513.htm \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308094632/http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040513.htm \|title=CDC Announces New Goals and Organizational Design \|publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \|date=13 May 2004 \|archivedate=8 March 2008 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> As part of the realignment, NIOSH, along with several other environmental health agencies, would have been placed under a new entity called the Coordinating Center for Environmental Health, Injury Prevention, and Occupational Health, effective October 1, 2004.<ref name="CDCMay13" />		On May 13, 2004, the CDC released a press release indicating a significant realignment of the agency's "priorities and investments."<ref name="CDCMay13">{{cite web \|url=http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040513.htm \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308094632/http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040513.htm \|title=CDC Announces New Goals and Organizational Design \|publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \|date=13 May 2004 \|archivedate=8 March 2008 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> As part of the realignment, NIOSH, along with several other environmental health agencies, would have been placed under a new entity called the Coordinating Center for Environmental Health, Injury Prevention, and Occupational Health, effective October 1, 2004.<ref name="CDCMay13" /> However, many inside and outside the CDC argued against the move, stating it "would move NIOSH to a lower level within the departmental structure, obscuring its historical identity and likely diminishing its effectiveness."<ref name="ASSESep4">{{cite web \|url=http://www.asse.org/professionalaffairs/govtaffairs/ngposi15.php \|title=White Paper: Effective Reorganization for NIOSH \|publisher=American Society of Safety Engineers \|date=September 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="LHSFNACritics">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/index.cfm/lifelines/october-2004/critics-object-to-niosh-reorganization-in-cdc/ \|journal=LIFELINES \|title=Critics Object to NIOSH Reorganization \|author=Clark, Steve \|volume=1 \|issue=5 \|year=October 2004 \|publisher=Laborers' Health & Safety Fund of North America \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="KaiserReorg">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.sciencemag.org/content/304/5671/662.1.long \|journal=Science \|title=Reorganization plans roil staff scientists at CDC \|author=Kaiser, Jocelyn \|volume=304 \|issue=5671 \|pages=662–663 \|date=30 April 2004 \|pmid=15118131 \|doi=10.1126/science.304.5671.662a \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="IOMandate">{{cite journal \|url=http://insidehealthpolicy.com/Inside-OSHA/Inside-OSHA-08/23/2004/osha-chief-niosh-reorganization-outside-nacoshs-mandate/menu-id-976.html \|journal=Inside OSHA \|title=OSHA Chief: NIOSH Reorganization Outside Nacosh's Mandate \|volume=11 \|issue=17 \|date=23 August 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="AFGENIOSH">{{cite web \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/files/AfgWP13.pdf \|format=PDF \|title=The Future of NIOSH: A View from Inside \|author=American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3840 \|publisher=American Federation of Government Employees \|date=November 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> Some entities even argued if anything NIOSH should be placed outside the CDC under a higher level department such as the U.S. Department of Labor or directly to the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services\|Department of Health and Human Services]].<ref name="ASSESep4" /><ref name="AFGENIOSH" /><ref name="MSWhereTo">{{cite web \|url=http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/504483 \|title=Where to Put NIOSH? \|author=Dobbin, Denny \|work=Medscape \|publisher=WebMD \|date=31 May 2005 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> In the end, Congress changed language in the 2005 appropriations legislation directing the CDC to maintain NIOSH as it was within the CDC.<ref name="MSWhereTo" />

	However, many inside and outside the CDC argued against the move, stating it "would move NIOSH to a lower level within the departmental structure, obscuring its historical identity and likely diminishing its effectiveness."<ref name="ASSESep4">{{cite web \|url=http://www.asse.org/professionalaffairs/govtaffairs/ngposi15.php \|title=White Paper: Effective Reorganization for NIOSH \|publisher=American Society of Safety Engineers \|date=September 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="LHSFNACritics">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/index.cfm/lifelines/october-2004/critics-object-to-niosh-reorganization-in-cdc/ \|journal=LIFELINES \|title=Critics Object to NIOSH Reorganization \|author=Clark, Steve \|volume=1 \|issue=5 \|year=October 2004 \|publisher=Laborers' Health & Safety Fund of North America \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="KaiserReorg">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.sciencemag.org/content/304/5671/662.1.long \|journal=Science \|title=Reorganization plans roil staff scientists at CDC \|author=Kaiser, Jocelyn \|volume=304 \|issue=5671 \|pages=662–663 \|date=30 April 2004 \|pmid=15118131 \|doi=10.1126/science.304.5671.662a \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="IOMandate">{{cite journal \|url=http://insidehealthpolicy.com/Inside-OSHA/Inside-OSHA-08/23/2004/osha-chief-niosh-reorganization-outside-nacoshs-mandate/menu-id-976.html \|journal=Inside OSHA \|title=OSHA Chief: NIOSH Reorganization Outside Nacosh's Mandate \|volume=11 \|issue=17 \|date=23 August 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="AFGENIOSH">{{cite web \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/files/AfgWP13.pdf \|format=PDF \|title=The Future of NIOSH: A View from Inside \|author=American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3840 \|publisher=American Federation of Government Employees \|date=November 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> Some entities even argued if anything NIOSH should be placed outside the CDC under a higher level department such as the U.S. Department of Labor.<ref name="AFGENIOSH" /><ref name="~~ASSESep4~~" />

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	The Occupational Safety and Health Act, signed by President Richard M. Nixon on December 29, 1970, created both NIOSH and the [[Occupational Safety and Health Administration]] (OSHA). NIOSH was established to help ensure safe and healthful working conditions by providing research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health.		The Occupational Safety and Health Act, signed by President Richard M. Nixon on December 29, 1970, created both NIOSH and the [[Occupational Safety and Health Administration]] (OSHA). NIOSH was established to help ensure safe and healthful working conditions by providing research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health.

	===~~Organization and funding~~===		===Controversy===
	NIOSH is a sub-agency to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, since its existence several attempts have been made to either ~~remove NIOSH from~~ the CDC or eliminate it entirely.		NIOSH is a sub-agency to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). However, since its existence several attempts have been made to either lessen its status within the CDC or eliminate it entirely.

	On June 14, 1995, many members of the House of Representative put forth bill H.R. 1834 to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which would have, among other things, eliminated NIOSH.<ref name="HR1834">{{cite web \|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-104hr1834ih/pdf/BILLS-104hr1834ih.pdf \|format=PDF \|title=H.R. 1834 \|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office \|date=14 June 1995 \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref> Several ~~hearing~~ were held in June, July, and August to discuss the proposed bill<ref name="Hearings95OSHA">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.ca/books?ei=774wU8bfIYmEyAHnoIHABQ&id=6YIxel382ucC \|title=Hearings on Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA): Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, Hearings Held in Washington, DC, March 8, June 20 and 28, July 27, and in Pickens, South Carolina, August 24, 1995 \|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office \|year=1996 \|volume=4 \|isbn=9780160534614 \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref>, which ultimately was not enacted.<ref name="GovTrackHR1834">{{cite web \|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/104/hr1834#overview \|title=H.R. 1834 (104th): Safety and Health Improvement and Regulatory Reform Act of 1995 \|work=GovTrack.us \|publisher=Civic Impulse \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref>		On June 14, 1995, many members of the House of Representative put forth bill H.R. 1834 to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which would have, among other things, eliminated NIOSH.<ref name="HR1834">{{cite web \|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-104hr1834ih/pdf/BILLS-104hr1834ih.pdf \|format=PDF \|title=H.R. 1834 \|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office \|date=14 June 1995 \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref> Several hearings were held in June, July, and August to discuss the proposed bill<ref name="Hearings95OSHA">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.ca/books?ei=774wU8bfIYmEyAHnoIHABQ&id=6YIxel382ucC \|title=Hearings on Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA): Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, Hearings Held in Washington, DC, March 8, June 20 and 28, July 27, and in Pickens, South Carolina, August 24, 1995 \|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office \|year=1996 \|volume=4 \|isbn=9780160534614 \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref>, which ultimately was not enacted.<ref name="GovTrackHR1834">{{cite web \|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/104/hr1834#overview \|title=H.R. 1834 (104th): Safety and Health Improvement and Regulatory Reform Act of 1995 \|work=GovTrack.us \|publisher=Civic Impulse \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref>

			On May 13, 2004, the CDC released a press release indicating a significant realignment of the agency's "priorities and investments."<ref name="CDCMay13">{{cite web \|url=http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040513.htm \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308094632/http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040513.htm \|title=CDC Announces New Goals and Organizational Design \|publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \|date=13 May 2004 \|archivedate=8 March 2008 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> As part of the realignment, NIOSH, along with several other environmental health agencies, would have been placed under a new entity called the Coordinating Center for Environmental Health, Injury Prevention, and Occupational Health, effective October 1, 2004.<ref name="CDCMay13" />

			However, many inside and outside the CDC argued against the move, stating it "would move NIOSH to a lower level within the departmental structure, obscuring its historical identity and likely diminishing its effectiveness."<ref name="ASSESep4">{{cite web \|url=http://www.asse.org/professionalaffairs/govtaffairs/ngposi15.php \|title=White Paper: Effective Reorganization for NIOSH \|publisher=American Society of Safety Engineers \|date=September 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="LHSFNACritics">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/index.cfm/lifelines/october-2004/critics-object-to-niosh-reorganization-in-cdc/ \|journal=LIFELINES \|title=Critics Object to NIOSH Reorganization \|author=Clark, Steve \|volume=1 \|issue=5 \|year=October 2004 \|publisher=Laborers' Health & Safety Fund of North America \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="KaiserReorg">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.sciencemag.org/content/304/5671/662.1.long \|journal=Science \|title=Reorganization plans roil staff scientists at CDC \|author=Kaiser, Jocelyn \|volume=304 \|issue=5671 \|pages=662–663 \|date=30 April 2004 \|pmid=15118131 \|doi=10.1126/science.304.5671.662a \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="IOMandate">{{cite journal \|url=http://insidehealthpolicy.com/Inside-OSHA/Inside-OSHA-08/23/2004/osha-chief-niosh-reorganization-outside-nacoshs-mandate/menu-id-976.html \|journal=Inside OSHA \|title=OSHA Chief: NIOSH Reorganization Outside Nacosh's Mandate \|volume=11 \|issue=17 \|date=23 August 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="AFGENIOSH">{{cite web \|url=http://www.lhsfna.org/files/AfgWP13.pdf \|format=PDF \|title=The Future of NIOSH: A View from Inside \|author=American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3840 \|publisher=American Federation of Government Employees \|date=November 2004 \|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> Some entities even argued if anything NIOSH should be placed outside the CDC under a higher level department such as the U.S. Department of Labor.<ref name="AFGENIOSH" /><ref name="ASSESep4" />

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	==History==		==History==
	The Occupational Safety and Health Act, signed by President Richard M. Nixon on December 29, 1970, created both NIOSH and the [[Occupational Safety and Health Administration]] (OSHA). NIOSH was established to help ensure safe and healthful working conditions by providing research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health.		The Occupational Safety and Health Act, signed by President Richard M. Nixon on December 29, 1970, created both NIOSH and the [[Occupational Safety and Health Administration]] (OSHA). NIOSH was established to help ensure safe and healthful working conditions by providing research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health.

			===Organization and funding===
			NIOSH is a sub-agency to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, since its existence several attempts have been made to either remove NIOSH from the CDC or eliminate it entirely.

			On June 14, 1995, many members of the House of Representative put forth bill H.R. 1834 to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which would have, among other things, eliminated NIOSH.<ref name="HR1834">{{cite web \|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-104hr1834ih/pdf/BILLS-104hr1834ih.pdf \|format=PDF \|title=H.R. 1834 \|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office \|date=14 June 1995 \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref> Several hearing were held in June, July, and August to discuss the proposed bill<ref name="Hearings95OSHA">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.ca/books?ei=774wU8bfIYmEyAHnoIHABQ&id=6YIxel382ucC \|title=Hearings on Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA): Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, Hearings Held in Washington, DC, March 8, June 20 and 28, July 27, and in Pickens, South Carolina, August 24, 1995 \|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office \|year=1996 \|volume=4 \|isbn=9780160534614 \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref>, which ultimately was not enacted.<ref name="GovTrackHR1834">{{cite web \|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/104/hr1834#overview \|title=H.R. 1834 (104th): Safety and Health Improvement and Regulatory Reform Act of 1995 \|work=GovTrack.us \|publisher=Civic Impulse \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref>

	==NIOSH authority==		==NIOSH authority==
	Unlike its counterpart, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, NIOSH is not a regulatory agency. It does not issue safety and health standards that are enforceable under U.S. law. Rather, NIOSH's authority under the Occupational Safety and Health Act 29 CFR § 671 is to "develop and establish recommended occupational safety and health standards," to "conduct such research and experimental programs ... for the development of criteria for new and improved occupational safety and health standards," and to manage other activities like mine safety and lead-based paint removal. NIOSH may also fund research by other agencies or private organizations through grants, contracts, and other arrangements.<ref name="29CFR671">{{cite web \|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2012-title29/pdf/USCODE-2012-title29-chap15-sec671.pdf \|format=PDF \|title=Title 29 § 671 - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health \|work=United States Code \|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office \|date=2012 \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref>		Unlike its counterpart, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, NIOSH is not a regulatory agency. It does not issue safety and health standards that are enforceable under U.S. law. Rather, NIOSH's authority under the Occupational Safety and Health Act 29 CFR § 671 is to "develop and establish recommended occupational safety and health standards," to "conduct such research and experimental programs ... for the development of criteria for new and improved occupational safety and health standards," and to manage other activities like mine safety and lead-based paint removal. NIOSH may also fund research by other agencies or private organizations through grants, contracts, and other arrangements.<ref name="29CFR671">{{cite web \|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2012-title29/pdf/USCODE-2012-title29-chap15-sec671.pdf \|format=PDF \|title=Title 29 § 671 - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health \|work=United States Code \|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office \|date=2012 \|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref>

	~~==Funding==~~
	NIOSH was intended to function as an agency at the same level as, and independent from, the Centers for Disease Control. NIOSH was initially placed within the Centers for Disease Control in order to obtain administrative support from the Centers until NIOSH was ready to assume those responsibilities for itself; the Centers, however, never relinquished control and the original intent of the Act never came to pass.{{cn\|date=December 2013}}

	==See also==		==See also==

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	==See also==		==See also==
	[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC)		* [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC)
	[[Occupational Safety and Health Administration]] (OSHA)		* [[Occupational Safety and Health Administration]] (OSHA)

	==External links==		==External links==