,i  #aaf? ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4
 ,r4 #hhih  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(          
,,repres5tatives  ,decemb] #h1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,johnson ( ,georgia 7= himself1 ,mr4   
,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,c>son ( ,indiana1 ,ms4 
,bass1 ,mr4 ,?ompson ( ,mississippi1    
,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4       
,johnson ( ,texas1 ,ms4 ,judy ,*u (     
,cali=nia1 ,mr4 ,bi%op ( ,georgia1 ,mrs4
 ,hayes1 & ,ms4 ,lee ( ,cali=nia7       
introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to
 ! ,committee on ,en]gy & ,comm]ce  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require ! submission ( a    
report to ! ,congress on p>asitic       
disease among poor ,am]icans4  #a4 ,%ort
 title ,?is ,act may be cit$ z !        
,neglect$ ,infections ( ,impov]i%$      
,am]icans ,act ( #bjbj4  #b4 ,report to 
,congress on ! curr5t /ate ( p>asitic   
diseases t h be5 ov]look$ among ! poore/
 ,am]icans  7a7 ,9 g5]al ,n lat] ?an #ab
 mon?s aft] ! date ( ! enactm5t ( ?is   
,act1 ! ,secret>y ( ,heal? & ,human     
,s]vices %all report to ! ,congress on !
 epidemiology (1 impact (1 & appropriate

 fund+ requir$ to address neglect$      
diseases ( pov]ty1 includ+ neglect$     
p>asitic diseases su* z-- 7#a7 ,*agas   
disease2  7#b7 cy/ic]cosis2  7#c7       
toxoc>iasis2  7#d7 toxoplasmosis2  7#e7 
tri*omoniasis2  7#f7 ! soil-transmitt$  
helm9?s2 &  7#g7 o!r relat$ p>asitic    
diseases1 z designat$ by ! ,secret>y4   
7b7 ,requir$ in=mation ,! report "u     
subsection 7a7 %\ld provide ! in=mation 
necess>y to guide future heal? policy   
to-- 7#a7 accurately evaluate ! curr5t  
/ate ( k conc]n+ diseases describ$ 9 su*
 subsection & def9e gaps 9 su* k2 &     
7#b7 address ! ?reat ( su* diseases4