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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 387 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Expressing support for the designation of May 2025 as ‘‘National Asthma |
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| 6 | 6 | | and Allergy Awareness Month’’. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MAY6, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. D |
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| 10 | 10 | | INGELL(for herself and Mr. VALADAO) submitted the following resolu- |
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| 11 | 11 | | tion; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government |
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| 12 | 12 | | Reform |
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| 13 | 13 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 14 | 14 | | Expressing support for the designation of May 2025 as |
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| 15 | 15 | | ‘‘National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month’’. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Whereas 4,900,000 children in the United States currently |
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| 17 | 17 | | have asthma; |
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| 18 | 18 | | Whereas nearly 28,000,000 people in the United States, have |
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| 19 | 19 | | asthma and the numbers are increasing each year; |
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| 20 | 20 | | Whereas, in 2018, on average, children missed more than |
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| 21 | 21 | | 7,900,000 days of school and adults missed 10,900,000 |
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| 22 | 22 | | days of work because of asthma; |
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| 23 | 23 | | Whereas asthma is one of the most common noncommu- |
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| 24 | 24 | | nicable diseases among children; |
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| 25 | 25 | | Whereas 1,500,000 individuals per year visit emergency de- |
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| 26 | 26 | | partments because of asthma’s effects; |
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| 30 | 30 | | Whereas asthma is a leading cause of hospitalizations and |
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| 31 | 31 | | school absences due to a chronic disease among children; |
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| 32 | 32 | | Whereas the total economic cost of asthma in the United |
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| 33 | 33 | | States was $81,900,000,000 per year from 2008 to 2013; |
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| 34 | 34 | | Whereas fewer than half of people with asthma report being |
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| 35 | 35 | | given an asthma action plan, which is key to the preven- |
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| 36 | 36 | | tion of asthma attacks; |
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| 37 | 37 | | Whereas Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous individuals in the |
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| 38 | 38 | | United States face the highest burden of asthma; |
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| 39 | 39 | | Whereas asthma is a manageable disease that claimed the |
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| 40 | 40 | | lives of over 3,500 Americans in 2021; |
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| 41 | 41 | | Whereas 20,300,000 people in the United States have food |
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| 42 | 42 | | allergies, including about 4,300,000 children; |
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| 43 | 43 | | Whereas food allergy has increased among United States chil- |
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| 44 | 44 | | dren over the past 20 years, with the greatest increase |
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| 45 | 45 | | in Black children; |
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| 46 | 46 | | Whereas children with food allergies are 2 to 4 times more |
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| 47 | 47 | | likely to have asthma or other allergic diseases; and |
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| 48 | 48 | | Whereas May would be an appropriation month to designate |
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| 49 | 49 | | as ‘‘Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month’’: Now, there- |
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| 50 | 50 | | fore, be it |
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| 51 | 51 | | Resolved, That the House of Representatives recog-1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | nizes ‘‘National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month’’ 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | and calls upon the American people to observe such month 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | with appropriate ceremonies and activities. 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Æ |
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