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        <title>Improving Measurements for Loneliness and Isolation Act of 2025</title>
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            <action-date>2025-02-13</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Improving Measurements for Loneliness and Isolation Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a Working Group on Unifying Loneliness Research. The working group must recommend standardized measurements of loneliness and social isolation for use in research and educating the public. The working group must report to Congress on its work and recommendations and make this information publicly available online. The working group sunsets on December 31, 2027.</p>]]></summary-text>
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