IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1062 
Supporting the goals to protect United States military personnel from malaria. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 
Mr. PANETTA (for himself and Mr. MAST) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 
to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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 jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals to protect United States military 
personnel from malaria. 
Whereas fighting malaria is in the national interest of the 
United States; 
Whereas reducing the incidence of malaria protects United 
States servicemembers deployed to malaria-endemic re-
gions; 
Whereas the ‘‘World malaria report 2017’’ by the World 
Health Organization states that, in 2016, approximately 
445,000 people died of malaria; 
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Whereas, in 2016, 91 countries and areas had ongoing ma-
laria transmissions, including areas of Africa and the 
Middle East; 
Whereas the Department of Defense reports that a total of 
60 servicemembers were diagnosed with malaria in 2016, 
the highest number since 2011; 
Whereas incidents of malaria were diagnosed at or reported 
from 19 different medical facilities in the United States, 
Afghanistan, Qatar, Germany, Djibouti, Japan, and 
South Korea in 2017; 
Whereas the Department of Defense recognizes malaria as 
the number one infectious disease threat to United States 
military forces; 
Whereas United States support for efforts to fight malaria is 
in the foreign policy and humanitarian interests of the 
United States and highlights the values of the people of 
the United States through the work of governmental, 
nongovernmental, and faith-based organizations of the 
United States that are on the frontlines of the malaria 
battle globally; 
Whereas United States support for efforts to fight malaria 
and other infectious diseases advance the United States 
National Security Strategy, and is a key tool to enhance 
operational readiness, interoperability, and security co-
operation, protecting Americans at home and abroad; 
Whereas the United States Government has played a leading 
role in the recent progress made toward reducing the 
global burden of malaria and other infectious diseases, 
particularly through bilateral, multilateral, international, 
and civil society partners; 
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Whereas, since 1893, the Walter Reed Army Institute of Re-
search (WRAIR) has played a leadership role protecting 
United States servicemembers from the world’s most per-
vasive infectious diseases, including malaria, HIV/AIDS, 
Ebola, and dengue; 
Whereas WRAIR Center for Infectious Disease Research has 
been responsible for developing critical Food and Drug 
Administration-approved medicines, vaccines, drugs, and 
other interventions used to prevent malaria, Japanese en-
cephalitis, hepatitis A, adenovirus, and other infectious 
diseases in deployed servicemembers; 
Whereas the WRAIR Malaria Vaccine and Experimental 
Therapeutics Branches have emerged as the Department 
of Defense’s premier effort to develop vaccines and drugs 
to protect the warfighter from malaria and other infec-
tious diseases and military health threats; 
Whereas WRAIR continues to play a leadership role in the 
research and development of lifesaving medicines includ-
ing the recently approved tafenoquine, a radical cure and 
prophylaxis that protects the warfighter from P vivax re-
lapse, a condition that causes approximately 8.5 million 
clinical infections per year worldwide; 
Whereas WRAIR leads the fight against drug-resistant 
strains of malaria, developing new treatments that have 
revolutionized malaria prevention efforts; 
Whereas WRAIR’s international network of laboratories sup-
ports medical diplomacy and fosters United States-host 
nation collaborations in biomedical research; and 
Whereas WRAIR’s unique expertise, capabilities, and re-
sources have led to historic clinical trials, testing vaccines 
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to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, zika, and malaria: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals of researching new inter-
ventions to prevent and treat malaria, as it is in the 
national security, foreign affairs, political, and hu-
manitarian interest of the United States; 
(2) encourages continued leadership by the 
United States through programs such as the Walter 
Reed Army Institute of Research to ensure that the 
health of the Force is not jeopardized by vector- 
borne diseases; and 
(3) supports sustained or enhanced efforts so 
that once eliminated in a country, malaria does not 
return. 
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