,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ehg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,september #bd1     
#bjai,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman 7for        
herself1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of 
,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,ms4 ,wild1 
,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,ms4      
,pressley1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of ,texas1    
,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,norton1
 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mrs4 ,lee of ,nevada1    
,ms4 ,johnson of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,garcia of
 ,texas1 ,mr4 ,cooper1 ,mr4 ,sires1 ,ms4
 ,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1   
,mr4 ,foster1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,ms4     
,meng1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,ms4 ,kendra 
,s4 ,horn of ,oklahoma1 ,mr4 ,carson of 
,indiana1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,ms4        
,roybal-,allard1 ,ms4 ,castor of        
,florida1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4       
,pappas1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,ms4 ,haaland1   
,mr4 ,engel1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,ms4        
,snchez1 ,ms4 ,fudge1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1  
,mr4 ,lynch1 and ,mr4 ,correa7 submitted
 the following resolution2 which was    
referred to the ,committee on ,energy   

and ,commerce  ,,resolution             
,recognizing ,,lgbtq suicide as a public
 health problem and expressing support  
for the designation of ,september as    
,national ,suicide ,prevention ,month4  
,whereas1 since #bjjh1 suicide is the   
#ajth leading cause of death in the     
,united ,states for all ages and the    
second leading cause of death among     
individuals between the ages of #aj to  
#cd2 ,whereas1 according to the ,centers
 for ,disease ,control and ,prevention  
7in this resolution referred to as      
,,cdc71 on average there are #abi       
suicides per day1 resulting in over     
#dg1jjj deaths each year in the ,united 
,states2 ,whereas1 from #aiii through   
#bjag1 the age-adjusted suicide rate in 
the ,united ,states increased #cc       
percent from #aj4e to #ad4j per         
#ajj1jjj2 ,whereas1 according to the    
,,cdc's ,youth ,risk ,behavior ,survey  
data released in #bjah1 almost half of  
all lesbian1 gay1 and bisexual students 
seriously consider attempting suicide1  

making them almost #d times more likely 
to do so than their straight peers2     
,whereas the #bjae ,u4,s4 ,transgender  
,survey found #dj percent of respondents
 had attempted suicide in their         
lifetime--nearly nine times the         
attempted suicide rate in the ,united   
,states population at large2 ,whereas it
 is estimated that there are over       
#a1cjj1jjj suicide attempts each year in
 the ,united ,states1 and ,the ,trevor  
,project estimates that more than       
#a1hjj1jjj lesbian1 gay1 bisexual1      
transgender1 and queer 7in this         
resolution referred to as ,,lgbtq7 youth
 seriously consider suicide each year2  
,whereas suicide is preventable1 as #i  
out of #aj suicide attempt survivors do 
not go on to die by suicide2 ,whereas1  
according to the ,,cdc1 suicide results 
in an estimated #dd1fjj1jjj1jjj in      
combined medical and work-loss costs    
nationally2 ,whereas the stigma         
associated with mental health conditions
 and suicidality works against suicide  

prevention by discouraging persons at   
risk for suicide from seeking lifesaving
 help and further traumatizes survivors 
of suicide loss and people with lived   
experience of suicide2 and ,whereas     
,september would be an appropriate month
 to designate as ,national ,suicide     
,prevention ,month which overlaps ,world
 ,suicide ,prevention ,day1 ,september  
#aj1 recognized internationally and     
supported by the ,world ,health         
,organization3 ,now1 therefore1 be it   
,that the ,house of ,representatives--  
7#a7 recognizes suicide as a preventable
 national public health problem2  7#b7  
supports the designation of ,national   
,suicide ,prevention ,month2  7#c7      
supports declaring that suicide         
prevention should be a priority2  7#d7  
acknowledges that no single suicide     
prevention program or effort will be    
appropriate for all populations or      
communities1 and that particular        
attention should be paid to communities 
known to be at heightened risk1         

including ,,lgbtq youth and ,,lgbtq     
youth of color2  7#e7 promotes awareness
 that there is no single cause for      
suicide1 and that suicide is most often 
an impulsive act that occurs during a   
moment of overwhelming hopelessness and 
despair2 and  7#f7 develops and         
implements strategies to increase access
 to quality mental health1 substance    
abuse1 and suicide prevention services4