Supporting the designation of January 2020 as "National One Health Awareness Month" to promote awareness of organizations focused on public health, animal health, and environmental health collaboration throughout the United States and to recognize the critical contributions of those organizations to the future of the United States.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. RES. 794 Supporting the designation of January 2020 as ‘‘National One Health Aware- ness Month’’ to promote awareness of organizations focused on public health, animal health, and environmental health collaboration throughout the United States and to recognize the critical contributions of those organizations to the future of the United States. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 14, 2020 Mr. SCHRADER (for himself and Mr. YOHO) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform RESOLUTION Supporting the designation of January 2020 as ‘‘National One Health Awareness Month’’ to promote awareness of organizations focused on public health, animal health, and environmental health collaboration throughout the United States and to recognize the critical contributions of those organizations to the future of the United States. Whereas One Health is a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach, working at the local, regional, national, and global levels, with the goal of achieving op- timal health outcomes recognizing the interconnection be- tween people, animals, plants, and their shared environ- ment; VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:52 Jan 14, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR794.IH HR794 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 794 IH Whereas the mission of One Health is to establish closer pro- fessional interactions, collaborations, and educational op- portunities across the various medical, veterinary, and environmental health professions and their allied science professions to simultaneously improve public health, ani- mal health, and environmental health; Whereas the increasing threats posed by emerging diseases shared between animals and people, foodborne, vector- borne, and waterborne diseases, and changes to the envi- ronment make the necessity of One Health clear and de- mand an integrated effort by professionals from multiple disciplines, including health, science, technology, and en- gineering; Whereas according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up to 75 percent of new or emerging infec- tious diseases in people are spread by animals; Whereas, each year, International One Health Day is Novem- ber 3; and Whereas One Health is essential to combating and strength- ening the surveillance of emerging and reemerging dis- eases: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports 1 the designation of ‘‘National One Health Awareness 2 Month’’— 3 (1) to promote awareness of organizations that 4 focus on One Health efforts to improve the quality 5 of life for people and animals; 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:52 Jan 14, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR794.IH HR794 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 794 IH (2) to recognize the efforts made by those orga- 1 nizations in using a One Health approach to prevent 2 epidemics; and 3 (3) to recognize the importance of using the 4 One Health approach to simultaneously protect the 5 health of people, animals, plants, and the environ- 6 ment in the United States. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:52 Jan 14, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR794.IH HR794 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS