IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 984 
Recognizing the importance of sleep health and expressing support for the 
designation of the week of March 13 to March 19, 2022, as ‘‘Sleep 
Awareness Week’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2022 
Mr. RASKIN (for himself, Ms. DEAN, and Mr. BACON) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the importance of sleep health and expressing 
support for the designation of the week of March 13 
to March 19, 2022, as ‘‘Sleep Awareness Week’’. 
Whereas sleep is essential for health, well-being, and safety; 
Whereas advancing advocacy and promotion of evidence-based 
sleep health practices will improve the general health of 
the public; 
Whereas the COVID–19 pandemic has changed, and in some 
cases disrupted, individuals’ sleep health and sleep prac-
tices; 
Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ad-
vise that most adults need at least 7 hours of sleep per 
night; 
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Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
found in 2016 that more than one-third of all adults in 
the United States sleep less than 7 hours per night on 
a regular basis; 
Whereas the National Sleep Foundation’s 2020 Sleep in 
America Poll found that 44 percent of Americans say 
they feel sleepy between 2 and 4 days per week and 28 
percent reporting daytime fatigue 5 days per week; 
Whereas numerous studies have found that Black Americans 
are less likely than their White counterparts to get ade-
quate sleep, and that Black Americans may also be more 
likely to get lower quality sleep; 
Whereas Congress established the National Center on Sleep 
Disorders Research in 1993 to foster the coordination of 
sleep and circadian research within the National Insti-
tutes of Health and other Federal agencies; 
Whereas for over two decades, the National Sleep Foundation 
has organized Sleep Awareness Week to promote the ben-
efits of healthy sleep and its importance to overall health 
and well-being; and 
Whereas numerous States and organizations across the Na-
tion recognize and participate in Sleep Awareness Week: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the importance of sleep health as 
a way to increase overall health and well-being; 
(2) supports the designation of a ‘‘Sleep Aware-
ness Week’’; 
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(3) supports the goals and efforts of Sleep 
Awareness Week; 
(4) encourages public health officials, health 
care providers, educators, and parents to do their 
part to promote adequate sleep; 
(5) encourages the people of the United States 
to prioritize their sleep health, practice good habits 
for sleep health, and discuss their sleep with health 
care professionals (as needed); and 
(6) recognizes the continued importance of— 
(A) policies to improve sleep health; and 
(B) understanding and reducing sleep 
health disparities. 
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