IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1388 
Supporting the goals and ideals of World Drowning Prevention Day. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2024 
Ms. OMAR (for herself and Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of World Drowning 
Prevention Day. 
Whereas drowning is the third-leading cause of unintentional 
injury death worldwide, accounting for 7 percent of all 
injury-related deaths; 
Whereas drowning has caused more than 2,500,000 prevent-
able deaths in the past decade, a silent epidemic of pre-
ventable loss; 
Whereas drowning is among the 10 leading causes of death 
for children and young people aged 1–24 years in every 
region of the world; 
Whereas flood-related disasters increasingly affect millions of 
people globally due in part to the escalating adverse im-
pacts of climate change, and drowning is the leading 
cause of deaths during floods; 
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Whereas more than 90 percent of drowning deaths occur in 
rivers, lakes, wells, domestic water storage vessels, and 
swimming pools in low- and middle-income countries; 
Whereas over 90 percent of global drowning occurs in low- 
and middle-income countries, and in high-income coun-
tries, drowning rates are high among certain age groups 
and among minority ethnic groups; 
Whereas the human, social, and economic toll of these losses 
is intolerably high, and entirely preventable; 
Whereas the World Health Organization has set out six evi-
dence-based, low-cost drowning prevention interventions 
that countries and organizations can use to drastically re-
duce the risk of drowning, including— 
(1) teaching school-age children basic swimming, 
water safety, and safe rescue skills; 
(2) providing safe places away from water for pre- 
school children; 
(3) installing barriers to better prevent access to 
water; 
(4) training bystanders in safe rescue and resuscita-
tion; 
(5) setting and enforcing boating, shipping, and 
ferry regulations; and 
(6) improving flood risk management locally and na-
tionally; and 
Whereas the United Nations General Assembly adopted a his-
toric resolution in April 2021 recognizing the scale and 
impact of drowning globally, calling for coordinated 
multisectoral action to prevent drowning, and declaring 
July 25 World Drowning Prevention Day: Now, there-
fore, be it 
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Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of World 
Drowning Prevention Day to catalyze concrete ac-
tion and generate attention globally for drowning 
prevention and improved water safety; 
(2) recognizes the importance of this global ad-
vocacy event as an opportunity to highlight the trag-
ic and profound impact of drowning on families and 
communities and offer lifesaving solutions to prevent 
it; and 
(3) encourages intergovernment cooperation to 
develop new drowning prevention policies, legislation, 
or 
investment, 
and 
to 
convene 
multisectoral 
roundtables or parliamentary discussions. 
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