83R21742 BPG-D
By: Smith H.R. No. 1786
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Urotrauma is an issue of growing concern to active
military personnel and veterans of the armed forces; and
WHEREAS, Today, injuries to the genitourinary system
constitute up to 10 percent of battlefield injuries, and such
injuries are increasing in complexity as well as in number; trauma
to the genitourinary organs is both physically and psychologically
debilitating, and it can have a devastating impact on reproductive
and other functions; and
WHEREAS, Although urotrauma profoundly affects many members
and former members of the military, such injuries have not been
adequately studied; there is a pressing need for greater education,
awareness, and research and for a stronger focus on urotrauma in
terms of policy and the health care delivery system; and
WHEREAS, Americans owe a profound debt of gratitude to their
wounded warriors, and to ensure that those who have suffered
urotrauma receive proper treatment, it is vital to undertake a
comprehensive study encompassing the prevention, incidence,
morbidity, and mortality as well as the social and economic
implications of such injuries; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas
Legislature hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to
direct the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans
Affairs to undertake a study of urotrauma among members of the
military, evaluating and identifying the current abilities of the
departments to diagnose, prevent, and treat urotrauma and related
infertility; in addition, the study should (1) analyze the
incidence, duration, morbidity rate, and mortality rate of
urotrauma, and (2) develop a long-term plan for the use and
organization of federal resources to improve the diagnosis,
prevention, and treatment of urotrauma among active duty members
and veterans of the armed forces; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the chief clerk forward official copies of
this resolution to the president of the United States, to the
president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record
as a memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.