,,iii  #aac? ,,congress  #a/ ,session   
,s4 ,,res4 #caj  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate ,,( ,,!
 ,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,novemb] #ba1         
#bjac,mr4 ,isakson 7= himself & ,ms4    
,baldw97 submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2  
:i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on !       
,judici>y  ,,resolution  ,designat+     
,decemb] #c1 #bjac1 z ,national         
,ph5ylketonuria ,aw>5ess ,day4  ,:]eas  
ph5ylketonuria is a r>e1 inh]it$        
metabolic disord] t is *>act]iz$ by !   
inability ( ! body to process ! ess5tial
 am9o acid ph5ylalan9e & causes m5tal   
ret>dation & o!r neurological problems1 
su* z memory loss & mood disord]s1 :5   
treatm5t is n />t$ )9 ! fir/ few weeks (
 life2 ,:]eas newborn scre5+ =          
ph5ylketonuria 0 initiat$ 9 ! ,unit$    
,/ates 9 #aifc & recomm5d$ = inclusion 9
 ,/ate newborn scre5+ programs "u !     
,newborn ,scre5+ ,saves ,lives ,act (   
#bjjg 7,public ,law #aaj-bjd2 #abb ,/at4
 #gje72 ,:]eas approximately #a out ( e 
#ae1jjj infants 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates is    
born ) ph5ylketonuria2 ,:]eas !         

,ph5ylketonuria ,sci5tific ,review      
,conf]5ce 9 #bjab affirm$ !             
recomm5dation ( lifelong diet>y treatm5t
 = ph5ylketonuria made by ! ,national   
,in/itutes ( ,heal? ,cons5sus           
,developm5t ,conf]5ce ,/atem5t #bjjj2   
,:]eas wom5 ) ph5ylketonuria mu/ ma9ta9 
/rict metabolic control be=e & dur+     
pregnancy to prev5t fetal damage2 ,:]eas
 a *ild born f an untreat$ "m )         
ph5ylketonuria may h a condition kn[n z 
mat]nal ph5ylketonuria syndrome1 :i* c  
cause a small bra91 an intellectual     
disability1 bir? defects ( ! he>t1 & a  
l[ bir? weight2 ,:]eas ph5ylketonuria is
 treat$ ) m$ical food2 ,:]eas al?\gh !re
 is no cure = ph5ylketonuria1 treatm5t  
involv+ m$ical food & re/rict+          
ph5ylalan9e intake c prev5t progressive1
 irrev]sible bra9 damage2 ,:]eas ma9ta9+
 a /rict m$ical diet = ph5ylketonuria c 
be difficult to a*ieve1 & poor metabolic
 control c result 9 a significant decl9e
 9 m5tal & behavioral p]=mance2 ,:]eas  
access to heal? insurance cov]age =     

m$ical food v>ies across ! ,unit$       
,/ates2 ,:]eas ! long-t]m co/s associat$
 ) c>+ = untreat$ *ildr5 & adults exce$ 
! co/ ( provid+ m$ical food treatm5t2   
,:]eas sci5ti/s & rese>*]s are hopeful t
 break?r\ghs 9 ph5ylketonuria rese>* w  
be =?com+2 ,:]eas rese>*]s across !     
,unit$ ,/ates are conduct+ important    
rese>* projects involv+ ph5ylketonuria2 
& ,:]eas ! ,s5ate is an in/itution t c  
raise aw>5ess ( ph5ylketonuria among !  
g5]al public & ! m$ical community3 ,n[1 
!re=e1 be x ,t ! ,s5ate-- 7#a7          
designates ,decemb] #c1 #bjac1 z        
,national ,ph5ylketonuria ,aw>5ess ,day2
  7#b7 enc\rages all p 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates
 to become m in=m$ ab\t ph5ylketonuria2 
&  7#c7 respectfully reque/s t !        
,secret>y ( ! ,s5ate transmit a copy (  
?is resolution to ! ,national ,,pku     
,alliance1 a non-pr(it organization     
d$icat$ to improv+ ! lives ( individuals
 ) ph5ylketonuria4