[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 83 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 83

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal 
  commitment to biomedical research should be increased substantially 
                         over the next 5 years.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 1997

Mr. Gekas (for himself, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Gilman, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Stearns, 
   and Mr. Porter) submitted the following resolution; which was was 
                 referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal 
  commitment to biomedical research should be increased substantially 
                         over the next 5 years.

Whereas heart disease was the leading cause of death for both men and women in 
        every year from 1970 to 1993;
Whereas mortality rates for individuals suffering from prostate cancer, skin 
        cancer, and kidney cancer continue to rise;
Whereas the mortality rate for African American women suffering from diabetes is 
        134 percent higher than the mortality rate of Caucasian women suffering 
        from diabetes;
Whereas asthma rates for children increased 58 percent from 1982 to 1992;
Whereas it has been estimated that delaying the onset of Alzheimer's disease by 
        just one year would save Americans $5 Billion per year;
Whereas nearly half of all American women between the ages of 65 and 75 reported 
        having arthritis;
Whereas AIDS is the leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 24 
        and 44;
Whereas the Institute of Medicine has described United States clinical research 
        to be in a state of crisis and the National Academy of Sciences 
        concluded in 1994 that the present cohort of clinical investigators is 
        not adequate;
Whereas biomedical research has been shown to be effective in saving lives and 
        reducing health care expenditures;
Whereas research sponsored by the National Institutes of Health has contributed 
        significantly to the first overall reduction in cancer death rates since 
        recordkeeping was instituted;
Whereas research sponsored by the National Institutes of Health has resulted in 
        the identification of genetic mutations for osteoporosis, Lou Gehrig's 
        disease, cystic fibrosis, and Huntington's disease, breast, skin, and 
        prostate cancer, and a variety of other illnesses;
Whereas research sponsored by the National Institutes of Health has been key to 
        the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron 
        emission tomography (PET) scanning technologies;
Whereas research sponsored by the National Institutes of Health has developed 
        effective treatments for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and 80 percent of 
        children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia are alive and free 
        of the disease after 5 years; and
Whereas research sponsored by the National Institutes of Health contributed to 
        the development of a new, cost saving cure for peptic ulcers: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Biomedical Research 
Commitment Resolution of 1997''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    It is the sense of the House of Representatives that appropriations 
for the National Institutes of Health should be increased by 100 
percent over the next 5 fiscal years.
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