Designating May 28, 2020, as the first annual "National Food Allergy Prevention Awareness Day" to raise awareness and encourage the prevention of severe food allergies among children.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. RES. 982 Designating May 28, 2020, as the first annual ‘‘National Food Allergy Pre- vention Awareness Day’’ to raise awareness and encourage the prevention of severe food allergies among children. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 28, 2020 Ms. BROWNLEY of California (for herself, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. ROSE of New York, and Mr. CICILLINE) submitted the following resolu- tion; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce RESOLUTION Designating May 28, 2020, as the first annual ‘‘National Food Allergy Prevention Awareness Day’’ to raise aware- ness and encourage the prevention of severe food aller- gies among children. Whereas 32 million Americans live with food allergies, includ- ing many that are life-threatening, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the preva- lence of food allergies in children increased by 50 percent between 1997 and 2011; Whereas food allergies have an enormous impact on quality of life for the 1 in 13 children who develops a severe food allergy, and one-third of children over the age of 5 with allergies are bullied for their allergy; VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:15 May 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR982.IH HR982 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 982 IH Whereas there is an annual cost to families in the United States of nearly $25 billion per year, not including the impact to quality of life; Whereas many children who develop a food allergy do not have a family history of food allergies, and therefore the family is much less aware of the life-changing con- sequences of developing a food allergy and the need for food allergy prevention; Whereas research has shown that early introduction has shown promise in reducing the impact of food allergies in studies where parents feed peanuts and eggs, allergenic foods, to their babies as early as 4 to 6 months of age; and Whereas medical guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Institute of Allergy and In- fectious Diseases recommend early peanut introduction with different approaches depending on the child’s risk category of developing an allergy: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) supports the designation of the first annual 2 ‘‘National Food Allergy Prevention Awareness Day’’; 3 (2) recognizes— 4 (A) the National Institutes of Health and 5 the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious 6 Diseases for funding the initial food allergy pre- 7 vention research through the Learning Early 8 About Peanut Allergy (LEAP) trial; and 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:15 May 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR982.IH HR982 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 982 IH (B) the advocacy community for its work 1 to educate parents about food allergy preven- 2 tion; 3 (3) encourages health care providers, the public 4 health community, businesses, individuals, and Fed- 5 eral, State, and local governments, to work together 6 to raise awareness of food allergy prevention to re- 7 duce the number of individuals in the United States 8 who have severe food allergies; and 9 (4) encourages State and Federal health agen- 10 cies to further expand research in food allergy pre- 11 vention and into how we can dramatically reduce 12 food allergies in the United States. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:15 May 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR982.IH HR982 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS