,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fgdi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ac1       
#bjbc,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york 7for    
herself1 ,mrs4 ,lesko1 ,ms4 ,blunt      
,rochester1 ,ms4 ,houlahan1 ,mr4 ,ryan1 
,ms4 ,wild1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1   
,mrs4 ,cammack1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,mr4    
,posey1 ,ms4 ,sewell1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1   
,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,ms4 ,williams of ,georgia1
 ,mrs4 ,ramirez1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,ms4      
,norton1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,ms4 ,moore of   
,wisconsin1 ,mr4 ,davis of ,north       
,carolina1 ,ms4 ,porter1 ,mr4 ,green of 
,texas1 ,ms4 ,crockett1 ,mr4 ,allred1   
,mrs4 ,cherfilus-,mc,cormick1 ,ms4      
,kelly of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,jackson of   
,illinois1 ,mr4 ,lawler1 ,mrs4 ,watson  
,coleman1 ,ms4 ,barragn1 ,ms4 ,caraveo1 
,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,trone1  
,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mrs4      
,fletcher1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,ms4      
,kuster1 ,ms4 ,adams1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 and
 ,mr4 ,takano7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         

,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require the ,director of the
 ,national ,institutes of ,health to    
evaluate the results and status of      
completed and ongoing research related  
to menopause1 perimenopause1 or mid-life
 women's health1 to conduct and support 
additional such research1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,menopause ,research
 and ,equity ,act of #bjbc4  #b4        
,evaluation of completed and ongoing    
research related to menopause1          
perimenopause1 or mid-life women's      
health  7a7 ,in general ,the ,director  
of the ,national ,institutes of ,health 
shall--  7#a7 conduct an evaluation of--
 7,a7 the results of research related to
 menopause1 perimenopause1 or mid-life  
women's health that is complete2  7,b7  
the status of such research that is     
ongoing2 and  7,c7 any gaps in knowledge
 and research on--  7i7 treatments for  
menopause-related symptoms2 and  7ii7   
the safety and effectiveness of         

treatments for menopause-related        
symptoms2 and  7#b7 as part of such     
evaluation1 identify the total amount of
 funding allocated by the ,national     
,institutes of ,health for the conduct  
or support of research related to       
menopause1 perimenopause1 or mid-life   
women's health over the preceding #e    
fiscal years4  7b7 ,report2 strategic   
plan ,not later than #ahj days after the
 date of enactment of this ,act1 the    
,director of the ,national ,institutes  
of ,health shall submit to the          
,congress--  7#a7 a plan to perform the 
evaluation under subsection 7a72 and    
7#b7 a plan to develop a strategy1 based
 on such evaluation1 that will--  7,a7  
be designed and implemented by the      
,director in cooperation with a         
multidisciplinary group of health       
professionals including gynecologists1  
oncologists1 endocrinologists1          
cardiologists1 and neuroscientists2     
7,b7 include strategies to resolve the  
gaps in knowledge and research          

identified in the report2 and  7,c7     
identify topics in need of further      
research relating to potential          
treatments for menopause-related        
symptoms4  #c4 ,additional research     
related to menopause1 perimenopause1 or 
mid-life women's health  7a7 ,additional
 research  7#a7 ,in general ,the        
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 acting through the ,director 
of the ,national ,institutes of ,health1
 shall conduct or support research      
related to menopause1 perimenopause1 or 
mid-life women's health4  7#b7 ,required
 elements ,the research required by     
paragraph 7#a7 shall include-- 7,a7     
research concerning causes1 symptoms1   
and treatments for menopause1           
perimenopause1 and other related        
mid-life women's health issues2 and     
7,b7 a multidisciplinary study of the   
effects of hormonal treatment for       
menopausal symptoms4  #d4 ,no additional
 funds authorized to be appropriated ,no
 additional funds are authorized to be  

appropriated to carry out this section1 
and this section shall be carried out   
using amounts otherwise available for   
such purpose4