IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 490 
Supporting the goals and ideals of ‘‘National Diaper Need Awareness Week’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2017 
Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Mr. ELLISON, and Ms. LEE) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of ‘‘National Diaper Need 
Awareness Week’’. 
Whereas diaper need, the lack of a sufficient supply of clean 
diapers to ensure that infants and toddlers remain clean, 
healthy, and dry, can adversely affect the physical, men-
tal, and economic well-being of infants, toddlers, and 
their families; 
Whereas diapers are a material basic need of every infant 
and toddler; 
Whereas an infant requires up to 12 diapers per day, at a 
cost of $70 to $80 per month; 
Whereas national surveys report that one in three mothers 
experience diaper need at some time before their child is 
three years old; 
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Whereas additional studies state that diaper need increases 
maternal depression; 
Whereas 48 percent of families delay changing a diaper to ex-
tend their supply of diapers, thereby increasing incidents 
of diaper dermatitis, urinary tract infections, and other 
health ailments; 
Whereas there are no government assistance programs that 
help low-wage families and those living in poverty pur-
chase diapers; 
Whereas the poorest 20 percent of Americans that buy dia-
pers spend nearly 14 percent of their after-tax income on 
diapers, which can cause economic hardship for families 
and force many to make impossible choices between food, 
heat, and diapers; 
Whereas most child care centers require parents to provide 
a day’s supply of disposable diapers (approximately four 
to six per child), making diapers necessary for many par-
ents to go to work or school; 
Whereas addressing diaper need in local communities can im-
prove health conditions and economic opportunities for 
infants, toddlers, and their families; 
Whereas in September 2011, the first national statement on 
diaper need was developed and issued to provide consist-
ency in describing the condition and to raise awareness 
of the issue among the general public; 
Whereas the more than 300 nonprofit diaper banks and dia-
per pantries that are members of the National Diaper 
Bank Network across 46 States distributed over 
52,000,000 donated diapers during 2016, helping ensure 
that more than 278,000 children had the diapers they 
needed; 
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Whereas each year, during the month of September, the Na-
tional Diaper Bank Network and its members hold nu-
merous activities and events to increase public awareness 
of diaper need; and 
Whereas the week of September 25 through October 1, 2017, 
would be an appropriate week to designate as ‘‘National 
Diaper Need Awareness Week’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses its gratitude for those who oper-
ate or support diaper banks and diaper distribution 
programs in their local communities; 
(2) supports the goals and ideals of ‘‘National 
Diaper Need Awareness Week’’; and 
(3) encourages the people of the United States 
to address diaper need by donating generously to di-
aper banks, diaper drives, and those organizations 
that distribute diapers to families in need. 
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