[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 16, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6703-S6704]
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  SA 2663. Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself and Ms. Collins) proposed an 
amendment to the resolution S. Res. 242, celebrating the 25th 
anniversary of the Office of Research on Women's Health at the National 
Institutes of Health; as follows:

       On page 4, line 1, strike ``it is the sense of the Senate 
     that'' and insert ``the Senate''.
       On page 4, strike line 2 and all that follows through page 
     5, line 23, and insert the following:
       (1) commends ORWH for its work over the past 25 years to 
     improve and save the lives of women worldwide and expresses 
     that ORWH must remain intact for this and future generations;
       (2) recognizes that there remain striking sex and gender 
     differences among many diseases and conditions on which ORWH 
     should continue to focus;

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       (3) encourages ORWH to continue to focus on ensuring that 
     NIH supports biomedical research that considers sex as a 
     biological variable across the research spectrum; and
       (4) encourages the Director of the NIH to continue to 
     consult and involve ORWH on all matters related to the 
     influence of sex and gender on health, especially those 
     matters pertaining to the consideration of sex as a 
     biological variable in research with vertebrate animals and 
     humans.
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