[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 349 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 349

 Supporting the goals of Overdose Awareness Day by lowering the United 
  States flag to half-staff on all Federal buildings the 31st day of 
                           August each year.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2021

  Mrs. Trahan (for herself, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. 
  Soto, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Trone, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Dean, Ms. 
  Jacobs of California, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. Kuster, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. 
   Pappas, Mr. McKinley, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Rutherford, Ms. 
Stevens, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. 
  Amodei, Mr. Carbajal, and Ms. Clark of Massachusetts) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight 
                               and Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Supporting the goals of Overdose Awareness Day by lowering the United 
  States flag to half-staff on all Federal buildings the 31st day of 
                           August each year.

Whereas more than 750,000 individuals in the United States have died from a drug 
        overdose since 1999;
Whereas substance use disorder and drug overdose affect all socioeconomic 
        groups, racial and ethnic groups, geographical regions, and ages;
Whereas substance use disorder is a chronic disease and recognizing it as such 
        decreases stigma and acknowledges that substance use may be beyond an 
        individual's control;
Whereas overdose deaths are preventable, and lives can be saved through 
        awareness, prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery support;
Whereas overdose deaths claimed more than 81,000 American lives last year, and 
        the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to the acceleration of overdose 
        deaths;
Whereas communities across the Nation have been pained by substance use disorder 
        through the premature loss of lives and the stigma associated with drug-
        related fatalities; and
Whereas numerous States across the Nation have lowered their State flags in 
        recognition of Overdose Awareness Day: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports the 
recognition of Overdose Awareness Day in the United States of America 
and that Federal buildings therein be encouraged to lower their flags 
to half-staff to support awareness of overdoses.
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