[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 76 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 76

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 24, 2019

 Ms. Schakowsky 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 50.8 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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