[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 204 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 204

              Declaring support for Brain Awareness Week.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 2017

Mr. Blumenauer (for himself, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Ms. Norton, Mr. Ted 
    Lieu of California, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Smith of Washington) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                         on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
              Declaring support for Brain Awareness Week.

Whereas more than 1,000 neurological and neurodegenerative diseases, such as 
        schizophrenia, traumatic brain injury, autism and Parkinson's disease 
        affect the lives of nearly 100 million Americans;
Whereas neurological and neurodegenerative diseases are the leading contributors 
        to global disease burden;
Whereas neurological illnesses and mental disorders cost the United States more 
        than $760 billion per year and can only be decreased through improved 
        prevention, treatment, and the development of cures;
Whereas the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies 
        (BRAIN) Initiative, whose multi-agency, cross-disciplinary work involves 
        private and public entities, including the National Institutes of Health 
        and the National Science Foundation, among others, is promoting research 
        to develop new tools and technologies to revolutionize our understanding 
        of the human brain and create lifesaving breakthroughs; and
Whereas one dollar of research funding for the National Institutes of Health and 
        the National Science Foundation each generates more than two dollars of 
        economic output: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives does hereby declare 
support for Brain Awareness Week and calls upon all Americans to 
recognize the valuable contributions that have been made to date in 
brain and spinal cord research and to support the conduct of this 
critical research in the future.
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