IV 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 76 Expressing support for the designation of a ‘‘Women’s Health Research Day’’. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 24, 2019 Ms. SCHAKOWSKY submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 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 sever- ity of disease may differ between men and women across races, ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, and age groups; Whereas women and men have fundamental biological dif- ferences; Whereas women across races, ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, and age groups vary in the risks and benefits of medical therapies; VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:04 Jan 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR76.IH HR76 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 76 IH Whereas for many years, women across races, ethnicities, so- cioeconomic statuses, and age groups were underrep- resented 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 re- alized 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 vari- able 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 (1) expresses support for the designation of a 2 ‘‘Women’s Health Research Day’’; and 3 (2) supports efforts to— 4 (A) recognize the importance of biomedical 5 and clinical research to women’s health and 6 well-being to advancing human health; 7 (B) increase awareness of the value of sex- 8 and gender-based biomedical research; and 9 (C) encourage individuals, including re- 10 searchers and patients, to advocate on behalf of 11 sex- and gender-inclusive research across races, 12 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:04 Jan 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR76.IH HR76 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 76 IH ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, and age 1 groups. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:04 Jan 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR76.IH HR76 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS