[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1507 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1507

Expressing support for designation of July as ``National Choroideremia 
                           Awareness Month''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 1, 2010

    Mr. Roe of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Gingrey of 
Georgia, Mr. Castle, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Cassidy, 
 Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. McKeon, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Cooper, 
and Mr. Broun of Georgia) submitted the following resolution; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing support for designation of July as ``National Choroideremia 
                           Awareness Month''.

Whereas over 7,000 men are affected with vision loss due to choroideremia and 
        over 7,000 women are affected as carriers in the United States;
Whereas annual health costs to treat the disorder are in excess of $10,000,000 
        and annual disability and accommodation costs are in excess of 
        $100,000,000;
Whereas the National Institutes of Health currently spends approximately 
        $700,000,000 on vision research but has not designated specific 
        resources to choroideremia;
Whereas a dedicated funding stream would help find a treatment for this 
        disorder;
Whereas research has advanced to the point where it is believed that with 
        adequate funding a treatment could be available within 2 years;
Whereas a successful treatment for choroideremia would accelerate development of 
        treatments for more common retinal degenerative disorders such as 
        macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa that affect over 2,000,000 
        people in the United States with annual health costs of over 
        $5,000,000,000 and annual disability costs of over $20,000,000,000;
Whereas retinal degenerative disorders affect 30 percent of the population over 
        age 75;
Whereas the Choroideremia Research Foundation has recognized July as ``National 
        Choroideremia Awareness Month''; and
Whereas July would be an appropriate month to designate as ``National 
        Choroideremia Awareness Month'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports the 
designation of ``National Choroideremia Awareness Month''.
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