,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cihf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #e1 #bjae  
,mr4 ,richmond 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,rush1
 and ,mr4 ,abraham7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
,education and the ,workforce1 for a    
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
direct the ,secretary of ,health and    
,human ,services1 acting through the    
,director of the ,centers for ,disease  
,control and ,prevention1 and in        
consultation with the ,secretary of     
,education and the ,president's ,council
 on ,fitness1 ,sports1 and ,nutrition1  
to conduct a study on the causes of     
deaths related to high school football  
and formulate recommendations to prevent
 such deaths4  #a4 ,short title ,this   

,act may be cited as the ,high ,school  
,football ,safety ,study ,act4  #b4     
,findings ,the ,congress finds as       
follows3  7#a7 ,as of ,october #bg1     
#bjae1 seven high school football       
players--,cam'ron ,matthews1 ,roddrick  
,williams1 ,kenney ,bui1 ,evan ,murray1 
,ben ,hamm1 ,tyrell ,cameron1 and ,andre
 ,smith--have passed away during        
calendar year #bjae from causes directly
 or indirectly related to football1     
including head or neck trauma1 heat     
stroke1 and dehydration4  7#b7          
,according to the ,national ,center for 
,catastrophic ,sports ,injury ,research1
 #a1bjg high school football players    
have passed away since #aica from causes
 directly or indirectly related to      
football4  7#c7 ,over the past several  
years1 the negative health effects of   
repeated head trauma have become        
clearer4  7#d7 ,protecting the ,nation's
 children is one of the most important  
responsibilities of parents and ,members
 of ,congress4  #c4 ,studying high      

school football deaths and developing   
recommendations to prevent future       
tragedies  7a7 ,in general ,the         
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services 7in this section referred to  
as the ,secretary71 acting through the  
,director of the ,centers for ,disease  
,control and ,prevention1 and in        
consultation with the ,secretary of     
,education and the ,president's ,council
 on ,fitness1 ,sports1 and ,nutrition1  
shall conduct a study--  7#a7 to more   
precisely identify the causes of deaths 
related to high school football2 and    
7#b7 to develop recommendations to      
prevent such deaths in the future4  7b7 
,soliciting input ,in carrying out      
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary shall    
seek input from nongovernmental         
entities1 including organizations       
representing football coaches1 athletic 
trainers1 parents1 and health care      
professionals4  7c7 ,report ,not later  
than #a year after the date of enactment
 of this ,act1 the ,secretary shall     

submit to the ,congress and publish on  
the public ,website of the ,agency for  
,healthcare ,research and ,quality a    
report on the results of the study under
 subsection 7a74  7d7 ,contents ,the    
report under subsection 7a7 shall       
include-- 7#a7 a comprehensive review of
 research conducted on deaths in high   
school football2  7#b7 an evaluation of 
causes of deaths related to high school 
football2 and  7#c7 recommendations on  
actions that can be taken by schools1   
coaches1 trainers1 and governmental     
entities to prevent high school deaths  
from occurring in the future1           
including--  7,a7 measures to prevent   
life-threatening injury from occurring2 
7,b7 medical treatment protocols to     
treat these injuries when they occur2   
and  7,c7 ways in which technology and  
data analytics can be used to prevent   
serious injury and death4