IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1507 
Recognizing the importance of diapers to infant health and family well- 
being, and expressing support for the designation of the week of Sep-
tember 23–29, 2024, as ‘‘National Diaper Need Awareness Week’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 
Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Ms. LEE of California, and Ms. PETTERSEN) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Oversight and Accountability 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the importance of diapers to infant health and 
family well-being, and expressing support for the designa-
tion of the week of September 23–29, 2024, as ‘‘National 
Diaper Need Awareness Week’’. 
Whereas diapers are a material basic need essential to keep-
ing babies and toddlers clean, dry, and healthy; 
Whereas national surveys and research studies report that di-
aper need, the condition of not having a sufficient supply 
of clean diapers, affects nearly 1 in 2 families with young 
children throughout the United States; 
Whereas infants and toddlers go through 6 to 12 diapers 
each day during the 2 to 3 years that they wear diapers, 
and a sufficient supply of diapers can cost families $80 
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•HRES 1507 IH 
to $100 a month or more, consuming 14 percent of a 
low-wage family’s post-tax income; 
Whereas a daily or weekly supply of disposable diapers is 
generally an eligibility requirement for babies and tod-
dlers to participate in childcare programs and quality 
early education programs that enable children to thrive 
and parents to work; 
Whereas parents struggling with diaper need report missing 
an average of 5.1 days of work each month because they 
cannot utilize childcare programs, which means lost in-
come and the creation of a vicious cycle that makes pur-
chasing diapers even more difficult; 
Whereas diaper need presents a preventable public health 
issue; 
Whereas without enough diapers, babies and toddlers risk in-
fections and health problems that may require medical 
attention and intervention; 
Whereas the costs associated with seeking medical care can 
further burden or even break a family’s already stretched 
budget, thereby destabilizing the family’s economic pros-
pects and well-being; 
Whereas diaper banks work in local communities to provide 
a stable and sustainable supply of free diapers to families 
that are struggling with diaper need; 
Whereas there are more than 300 basic needs bank members 
of the National Diaper Bank Network located in all 50 
States, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico; 
Whereas most diaper banks work with a wide variety of local 
service organizations and agencies to connect with fami-
lies and provide the necessary support in an efficient and 
cost-effective manner; and 
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•HRES 1507 IH 
Whereas the vast majority of diaper banks are completely 
philanthropically funded, sustained by the generosity of 
their communities and local businesses: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘National Dia-
per Need Awareness Week’’; 
(2) acknowledges the tremendous work of dia-
per bank leaders, both staff and volunteers, across 
the country that support hundreds of thousands of 
children and their parents in accessing the basic ne-
cessities they need to survive and thrive; and 
(3) encourages the citizens of the United States 
to donate generously to diaper banks and diaper 
drives, and support those organizations that collect 
and distribute diapers to families struggling with di-
aper need, so that all of America’s children and fam-
ilies can thrive and reach their full potential. 
Æ 
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