,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cghi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ad1      
#bjag,mr4 ,richmond 7for himself1 ,ms4  
,del,bene1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mr4        
,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,abraham1 ,mr4 ,yoder1   
,ms4 ,shea-,porter1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mrs4 
,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4     
,rodney ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4       
,serrano1 and ,mr4 ,hastings7 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 ,august  
#ad1 #bjag1 two high school football    
players--,kamari ,mc,gowan and ,joshua  
,mileto--have passed away during the    
#bjag calendar year during football     
practice from causes directly or        
indirectly related to football4  7#b7   
,according to the ,national ,center for 
,catastrophic ,sports ,injury ,research1
 #a1bbb high school and middle school   
football players have passed away       
between #aica and #bjaf 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