[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 706 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 706

 Expressing support for the designation of a ``Women's Health Research 
                                 Day''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 19, 2018

 Ms. Schakowsky (for herself, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Jackson Lee, 
 Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
    Rush, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Foster, and Mr. Moulton) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing support for the designation of a ``Women's Health Research 
                                 Day''.

Whereas women constitute 50.4 percent of Americans;
Whereas women across races, ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, and age groups 
        experience many diseases and disorders differently than men;
Whereas the incidence, prevalence, symptomology, and severity of disease may 
        differ between men and women across races, ethnicities, socioeconomic 
        statuses, and age groups;
Whereas women and men have fundamental biological differences;
Whereas women across races, ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, and age groups 
        vary in the risks and benefits of medical therapies;
Whereas for many years, women across races, ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, 
        and age groups were underrepresented in biomedical and clinical 
        research;
Whereas the improvement of women's health relies on sex- and gender-based 
        biomedical and clinical research;
Whereas the promise of individualized medicine cannot be realized without sex- 
        and gender-based parity in research;
Whereas, on January 25, 2016, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) 
        implemented a policy requiring federally funded investigators to 
        consider sex as a biological variable in preclinical research; and
Whereas this policy ushered in a new era of inclusivity and parity in women's 
        health research: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) expresses support for the designation of a ``Women's 
        Health Research Day''; and
            (2) supports efforts to--
                    (A) recognize the importance of biomedical and 
                clinical research to women's health and well-being to 
                advancing human health;
                    (B) increase awareness of the value of sex- and 
                gender-based biomedical research; and
                    (C) encourage individuals, including researchers 
                and patients, to advocate on behalf of sex- and gender-
                inclusive research across races, ethnicities, 
                socioeconomic statuses, and age groups.
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