,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #didd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bd1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,johnson of ,georgia 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,smith of ,new ,jersey7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the   
submission of a report to the ,congress 
on parasitic disease among poor         
,americans4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,neglected         
,infections of ,impoverished ,americans 
,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,report to ,congress
 on the current state of parasitic      
diseases that have been overlooked among
 the poorest ,americans  7a7 ,in general
 ,not later than #ab months after the   
date of the enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services shall report to the ,congress 
on the epidemiology of1 impact of1 and  
appropriate funding required to address 
neglected diseases of poverty1 including
 neglected parasitic diseases such as-- 

7#a7 ,chagas disease2  7#b7             
cysticercosis2  7#c7 toxocariasis2  7#d7
 toxoplasmosis2  7#e7 trichomoniasis2   
7#f7 the soil-transmitted helminths2 and
  7#g7 other related parasitic diseases1
 as designated by the ,secretary4  7b7  
,required information ,the report under 
subsection 7a7 should provide the       
information necessary to guide future   
health policy to--  7#a7 accurately     
evaluate the current state of knowledge 
concerning diseases described in such   
subsection and define gaps in such      
knowledge2 and  7#b7 address the threat 
of such diseases4