IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1145 
Recognizing Menstrual Hygiene Day. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 27, 2022 
Ms. MENG (for herself, Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. CLARKE of New York, 
Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. 
LEE of California, Mr. LIEU, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, 
Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. NORTON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SPEIER, 
Mr. TAKANO, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. TRONE, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, and Mr. BOWMAN) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing Menstrual Hygiene Day. 
Whereas, since 2013, Menstrual Hygiene Day is annually 
commemorated on May 28 to raise awareness and cata-
lyze political action around the challenges menstruators 
around the world face; 
Whereas approximately half of the population will have a pe-
riod every month for decades of their lives; 
Whereas period supplies are a necessary product, each 
month, for people across the country and the world; 
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•HRES 1145 IH 
Whereas 16,900,000 individuals in the United States report 
lacking access to menstrual products; 
Whereas national surveys and research studies report that 1 
in 4 menstruators struggle to secure enough period prod-
ucts to meet their monthly needs due to lack of income; 
Whereas this lack of period supplies, known as period pov-
erty, can adversely affect people’s health and well-being; 
Whereas 1 in 5 women and girls reports missing work or 
school as a result of period poverty; 
Whereas period poverty exacerbates the vicious cycle of pov-
erty by forcing menstruators to withdraw from daily life, 
losing pay or missing educational opportunities; 
Whereas people experiencing period poverty risk infections by 
using proxy products, such as socks or toilet paper, or 
not changing products as often as medically advised; 
Whereas when students can easily access period products 
they are less likely to face disruptions to their education 
and better able to participate in educational activities; 
Whereas States and communities across the United States 
are recognizing the importance of providing period prod-
ucts to students in order to support their educational and 
personal development; and 
Whereas providing access to period products in schools and 
other public locations can lead to economic opportunity 
and improved health by ensuring all people have access 
to the basic necessities required to thrive and reach their 
full potential: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) recognizes the need to break the silence, 
raise awareness, and change negative social norms 
surrounding menstrual hygiene around the world; 
(2) recognizes the need for increased research 
on access to menstrual health management both in 
the United States and around the world; 
(3) recognizes the barriers that vulnerable pop-
ulations face to access period products, including in 
schools, employment facilities, prisons, homeless 
shelters, after natural disasters, and in refugee 
camps; 
(4) recognizes the work of activists around the 
country working to combat period poverty; 
(5) urges the enactment of laws to comprehen-
sively address the challenges of menstruators in the 
United States and around the world; and 
(6) encourages the people of the United States 
to observe Menstrual Hygiene Day. 
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