,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #bad  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,march #aa1         
#bjai,mr4 ,panetta 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,mast7 submitted the following         
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and in 
addition to the ,committees on ,armed   
,services1 and ,energy and ,commerce1   
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  ,,resolution       
,supporting the goals to protect ,united
 ,states military personnel from        
malaria4  ,whereas fighting malaria is  
in the national interest of the ,united 
,states2 ,whereas reducing the incidence
 of malaria protects ,united ,states    
servicemembers deployed to              
malaria-endemic regions2 ,whereas the   
,world malaria report #bjah by the      
,world ,health ,organization states     
that1 in #bjag1 approximately #dce1jjj  

people died of malaria2 ,whereas1 in    
#bjah1 #hg countries and areas had      
ongoing malaria transmissions1 including
 areas of ,africa1 the ,middle ,east1   
and ,south ,africa2 ,whereas the        
,department of ,defense reports that a  
total of #fj servicemembers were        
diagnosed with malaria in #bjaf1 the    
highest number since #bjaa2 ,whereas    
incidents of malaria were diagnosed at  
or reported from #ai different medical  
facilities in the ,united ,states1      
,afghanistan1 ,qatar1 ,germany1         
,djibouti1 ,japan1 and ,south ,korea in 
#bjag2 ,whereas the ,department of      
,defense recognizes malaria as the      
number one infectious disease threat to 
,united ,states military forces2        
,whereas ,united ,states support for    
efforts to fight malaria is in the      
foreign policy and humanitarian         
interests of the ,united ,states and    
highlights the values of the people of  
the ,united ,states through the work of 
governmental1 nongovernmental1 and      

faith-based organizations of the ,united
 ,states that are on the frontlines of  
the malaria battle globally2 ,whereas   
,united ,states support for efforts to  
fight malaria and other infectious      
diseases advance the ,united ,states    
,national ,security ,strategy1 and is a 
key tool to enhance operational         
readiness1 interoperability1 and        
security cooperation1 protecting        
,americans at home and abroad2 ,whereas 
the ,united ,states ,government has     
played a leading role in the recent     
progress made toward reducing the global
 burden of malaria and other infectious 
diseases1 particularly through          
bilateral1 multilateral1 international1 
and civil society partners2 ,whereas1   
since #ahic1 the ,walter ,reed ,army    
,institute of ,research 7,,wrair7 has   
played a leadership role protecting     
,united ,states servicemembers from the 
world's most pervasive infectious       
diseases1 including malaria1            
,,hiv_/,,aids1 ,ebola1 and dengue2      

,whereas ,,wrair ,center for ,infectious
 ,disease ,research has been responsible
 for developing critical ,food and ,drug
 ,administration-approved medicines1    
vaccines1 drugs1 and other interventions
 used to prevent malaria1 ,japanese     
encephalitis1 hepatitis ,a1 adenovirus1 
and other infectious diseases in        
deployed servicemembers2 ,whereas the   
,,wrair ,malaria ,vaccine and           
,experimental ,therapeutics ,branches   
have emerged as the ,department of      
,defense's premier effort to develop    
vaccines and drugs to protect the       
warfighter from malaria and other       
infectious diseases and military health 
threats2 ,whereas ,,wrair continues to  
play a leadership role in the research  
and development of lifesaving medicines 
including the recently approved         
tafenoquine1 a radical cure and         
prophylaxis that protects the warfighter
 from ,p vivax relapse1 a condition that
 causes approximately #h4e million      
clinical infections per year worldwide2 

,whereas ,,wrair leads the fight against
 drug-resistant strains of malaria1     
developing new treatments that have     
revolutionized malaria prevention       
efforts2 ,whereas ,,wrair's             
international network of laboratories   
supports medical diplomacy and fosters  
,united ,states-host nation             
collaborations in biomedical research2  
and ,whereas ,,wrair's unique expertise1
 capabilities1 and resources have led to
 historic clinical trials1 testing      
vaccines to prevent the spread of       
,,hiv_/,,aids1 zika1 and malaria3 ,now1 
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house of   
,representatives-- 7#a7 supports the    
goals of researching new interventions  
to prevent and treat malaria1 as it is  
in the national security1 foreign       
affairs1 political1 and humanitarian    
interest of the ,united ,states2  7#b7  
encourages continued leadership by the  
,united ,states through programs such as
 the ,walter ,reed ,army ,institute of  
,research to ensure that the health of  

the ,force is not jeopardized by        
vector-borne diseases2 and  7#c7        
supports sustained or enhanced efforts  
so that once eliminated in a country1   
malaria does not return4