H.Res. 76 — Introduced in House

IV 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 76 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 24, 2019Ms. Schakowsky submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce RESOLUTION Expressing support for the designation of a Women’s Health Research Day. Whereas women constitute 50.8 percent of Americans; Whereas women across races, ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, and age groups experience many diseases and disorders differently than men; Whereas the incidence, prevalence, symptomology, and severity of disease may differ between men and women across races, ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, and age groups; Whereas women and men have fundamental biological differences; Whereas women across races, ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, and age groups vary in the risks and benefits of medical therapies; Whereas for many years, women across races, ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, and age groups were underrepresented in biomedical and clinical research; Whereas the improvement of women’s health relies on sex- and gender-based biomedical and clinical research; Whereas the promise of individualized medicine cannot be realized without sex- and gender-based parity in research; Whereas, on January 25, 2016, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) implemented a policy requiring federally funded investigators to consider sex as a biological variable in preclinical research; and Whereas this policy ushered in a new era of inclusivity and parity in women’s health research: Now, therefore, be it That the House of Representatives— (1) expresses support for the designation of a Women’s Health Research Day; and (2) supports efforts to— (A) recognize the importance of biomedical and clinical research to women’s health and well-being to advancing human health; (B) increase awareness of the value of sex- and gender-based biomedical research; and (C) encourage individuals, including researchers and patients, to advocate on behalf of sex- and gender-inclusive research across races, ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, and age groups.