,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #igj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,may #ae1 #bjbj,mr4 
,crow 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1  
,ms4 ,sewell of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,calvert1
 ,mr4 ,deutch1 ,mr4 ,larson of          
,connecticut1 ,mr4 ,king of ,iowa1 ,mr4 
,clay1 ,mr4 ,neguse1 ,mr4 ,holding1 ,mr4
 ,o',halleran1 ,mr4 ,rouda1 ,mr4 ,van   
,drew1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mr4 ,hurd of      
,texas1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,mrs4 ,axne1 ,mr4
 ,moulton1 ,mr4 ,casten of ,illinois1   
,mr4 ,cole1 ,mr4 ,schiff1 ,ms4 ,castor  
of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,rodney ,davis of     
,illinois1 ,mr4 ,fortenberry1 ,mr4      
,huffman1 ,mrs4 ,rodgers of ,washington1
 ,mr4 ,gallagher1 ,mr4 ,case1 ,ms4      
,blunt ,rochester1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1 ,mr4   
,connolly1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1 ,mrs4 ,davis  
of ,california1 ,mr4 ,panetta1 ,mr4     
,rose of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1   
,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,mr4         
,thompson of ,mississippi1 ,mr4 ,king of
 ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,bost1 ,mr4 ,marshall1
 ,mr4 ,westerman1 ,mr4 ,price of ,north 

,carolina1 ,mr4 ,bilirakis1 ,ms4        
,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,finkenauer1 ,mr4       
,biggs1 ,mr4 ,trone1 ,mr4 ,butterfield1 
,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,ms4     
,matsui1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,joyce of    
,ohio1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,pennsylvania1 
,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 ,mast1 ,mr4 ,vargas1  
,mr4 ,lamb1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mr4           
,ruppersberger1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mr4   
,bishop of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,ms4  
,bonamici1 ,ms4 ,adams1 ,mr4 ,lynch1    
,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,ms4 ,craig1 ,mr4      
,timmons1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4
 ,cleaver1 ,mr4 ,curtis1 and ,mrs4      
,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york7    
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,,resolution     
,supporting the designation of ,may     
#bjbj as ,,als ,awareness ,month4       
,whereas amyotrophic lateral sclerosis  
7referred to in this preamble as ,,als7 
is a progressive neurodegenerative      
disease that affects nerve cells in the 
brain and the spinal cord2 ,whereas the 

life expectancy for an individual with  
,,als is between #b and #e years after  
the date on which the individual        
receives an ,,als diagnosis2 ,whereas   
,,als occurs throughout the world with  
no racial1 ethnic1 gender1 or           
socioeconomic boundaries2 ,whereas the  
#b different types of ,,als are sporadic
 ,,als and familial ,,als2 ,whereas     
sporadic ,,als-- 7#a7 is the most common
 form of motor neuron disease in the    
,united ,states2  7#b7 accounts for     
between #ij and #ie percent of all cases
 of ,,als in the ,united ,states2 and   
7#c7 may affect any individual in any   
location2 ,whereas familial ,,als       
7commonly known as ,,fals7-- 7#a7 is    
inherited2 and  7#b7 accounts for       
between #e and #aj percent of all cases 
of ,,als in the ,united ,states2        
,whereas there is a #ej percent chance  
that each offspring of an individual    
with familial ,,als will inherit the    
gene mutation for familial ,,als and    
develop the disease2 ,whereas1 on       

average1 the period between the date on 
which an individual first experiences   
symptoms of ,,als and the date on which 
the individual is diagnosed with ,,als  
is about #a year2 ,whereas the onset of 
,,als often involves muscle weakness or 
stiffness1 and the progression of ,,als 
results in the further weakening1       
wasting1 and paralysis of-- 7#a7 the    
muscles of the limbs and trunk2 and     
7#b7 the muscles that control vital     
functions1 such as speech1 swallowing1  
and breathing2 ,whereas ,,als can strike
 individuals of any age but             
predominantly strikes adults2 ,whereas  
it is estimated that tens of thousands  
of individuals in the ,united ,states   
have ,,als at any given time2 ,whereas1 
based on studies of the population of   
the ,united ,states1 slightly more than 
#e1fjj individuals in the ,united       
,states are diagnosed with ,,als each   
year1 and #ae individuals in the ,united
 ,states are diagnosed with ,,als each  
day2 ,whereas1 between #bjae and #bjdj1 

the number of ,,als cases around the    
world is expected to increase nearly #gj
 percent2 ,whereas the majority of      
individuals with ,,als die of           
respiratory failure2 ,whereas military  
veterans are approximately twice as     
likely to be diagnosed with ,,als as the
 general public in the ,united ,states2 
,whereas1 as of the date of introduction
 of this resolution1 there is no cure   
for ,,als2 ,whereas the spouses1        
children1 and family members of         
individuals living with ,,als provide   
support to those individuals with love1 
day-to-day care1 and more2 and ,whereas 
an individual with ,,als and the        
caregivers of such an individual can be 
required to bear significant costs for  
medical care1 equipment1 and home health
 care services for the individual as the
 disease progresses3 ,now1 therefore1 be
 it ,that the ,house of                 
,representatives-- 7#a7 supports the    
designation of ,,als ,awareness ,month2 
7#b7 affirms the dedication of the      

,house of ,representatives to working   
toward securing cures and better        
treatments for amyotrophic lateral      
sclerosis 7referred to in this          
resolution as ,,als7 as soon as         
possible2  7#c7 recognizes the          
challenges that individuals with        
medically determined ,,als face on a    
daily basis2 and  7#d7 commends the     
dedication of the family members1       
friends1 organizations1 volunteers1     
researchers1 and caregivers across the  
,united ,states that are working to     
improve the quality and length of life  
of ,,als patients4