IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 288 
Recognizing that the occurrence of prostate cancer in African-American men 
has reached epidemic proportions and urging Federal agencies to address 
that health crisis by designating additional funds for research, education, 
awareness outreach, and early detection. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2007 
Mr. MEEKS of New York (for himself, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
CUMMINGS, Ms. WATERS, Mr. RUSH, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. 
THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. CLAY, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. BISHOP of Geor-
gia, Mr. WYNN, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. 
PASTOR, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. MEEK of Flor-
ida, Mr. HONDA, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. WU, Mr. SCOTT 
of Georgia, Ms. HOOLEY, Ms. WATSON, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. LARSON of 
Connecticut, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 
DOYLE, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. ROSS, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 
Texas, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. BACA, Mr. EMAN-
UEL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. LEE, Ms. KILPATRICK, Ms. 
MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. WEINER, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. 
HINOJOSA, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 
ISRAEL, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. DELAHUNT, 
Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, 
Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
GONZALEZ, Mr. HOLT, Ms. BERKLEY, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, 
Mr. BECERRA, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 
CLEAVER, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. HIGGINS, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. 
ORTIZ, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. 
FATTAH, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. WATT, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. 
MOORE of Kansas, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. BARROW, 
Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. 
VAN HOLLEN, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. FRANK of 
Massachusetts, and Mr. ALLEN) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
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•HRES 288 IH 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing that the occurrence of prostate cancer in Afri-
can-American men has reached epidemic proportions and 
urging Federal agencies to address that health crisis 
by designating additional funds for research, education, 
awareness outreach, and early detection. 
Whereas the incidence of prostate cancer in African-American 
men is 60 percent higher than in any other racial or eth-
nic group in the United States; 
Whereas African-American men have the highest mortality 
rate of any ethnic and racial group in the United States, 
dying at a rate that is 140 percent higher than other eth-
nic and racial groups; 
Whereas that rate of mortality represents the largest dis-
parity of mortality rates in any of the major cancers; 
Whereas prostate cancer can be cured with early detection 
and the proper treatment, regardless of the ethnic or ra-
cial group of the cancer patient; 
Whereas African Americans are more likely to be diagnosed 
earlier in age and at a later stage of cancer progression 
than all other ethnic and racial groups, thereby leading 
to lower cure rates and lower chances of survival; and 
Whereas, according to a recent paper published in the Pro-
ceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, research-
ers from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard 
Medical School have discovered a variant of a small seg-
ment of the human genome that accounts for the higher 
risk of prostate cancer in African-American men: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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•HRES 288 IH 
(1) recognizes that prostate cancer has created 
a health crisis for African-American men; and 
(2) urges Federal agencies to designate addi-
tional funds for— 
(A) research to address and attempt to end 
such health crisis; and 
(B) efforts relating to education, aware-
ness, and early detection at the grassroots levels 
to end such health crisis. 
Æ 
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