[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 383 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 383

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 25, 2018

 Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Ms. Harris, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Van Hollen, 
 Ms. Warren, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Heitkamp, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. 
Hassan, Mr. King, Mr. Brown, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Markey, 
Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Nelson) submitted the 
 following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                               RESOLUTION


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

Whereas women constitute 50.4 percent of people in the United States;
Whereas women of different race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and age 
        experience many diseases and disorders differently than men experience 
        diseases and disorders;
Whereas those different experiences are reflected in the incidence, prevalence, 
        symptomology, and severity of the disease or disorder;
Whereas the risks and benefits of medical therapies vary based on the race, 
        ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and age of a woman;
Whereas women and men have fundamental biological differences;
Whereas, for many years, women of different race, ethnicity, socioeconomic 
        status, and age were underrepresented in biomedical and clinical 
        research;
Whereas the improvement of the health of women 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 implemented a 
        policy requiring federally funded investigators to consider sex as a 
        biological variable in preclinical research; and
Whereas that policy ushered in a new era of inclusivity and parity in research 
        relating to the health of women: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, that the Senate--
            (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 the health and well-being of 
                women;
                    (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 for women of different race, 
                ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and age.
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