IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 316 
Promoting minority health awareness and supporting the goals and ideals 
of National Minority Health Month in April 2019, which include bringing 
attention to the health disparities faced by minority populations of the 
United States such as American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asian Ameri-
cans, African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Hawaiians or other 
Pacific Islanders. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 12, 2019 
Ms. JOHNSON of Texas (for herself, Mr. CORREA, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. SAN
NICOLAS, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. 
TAKANO, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. 
SERRANO, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. GABBARD, Ms. CLARKE of New 
York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COX of California, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, 
Mr. KING of New York, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. LEE of Cali-
fornia, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. 
HAALAND, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, 
and Ms. ADAMS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Promoting minority health awareness and supporting the 
goals and ideals of National Minority Health Month in 
April 2019, which include bringing attention to the 
health disparities faced by minority populations of the 
United States such as American Indians, Alaska Natives, 
Asian Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, and Na-
tive Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders. 
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•HRES 316 IH 
Whereas the origin of National Minority Health Month is Na-
tional Negro Health Week, established in 1915 by Dr. 
Booker T. Washington; 
Whereas the theme for National Minority Health Month in 
2019 is ‘‘Active and Healthy’’; 
Whereas the Department of Health and Human Services has 
set goals and strategies to advance the safety, health, and 
well-being of the people of the United States; 
Whereas a study by the Joint Center for Political and Eco-
nomic Studies, entitled ‘‘The Economic Burden of Health 
Inequalities in the United States’’, concludes that, be-
tween 2003 and 2006, the combined cost of health in-
equalities and premature death in the United States was 
$1,240,000,000,000; 
Whereas African-American women were as likely to have been 
diagnosed with breast cancer as non-Hispanic White 
women, but African-American women were almost 41 
percent more likely to die from breast cancer than non- 
Hispanic White women between 2011 and 2015; 
Whereas African-American women lose their lives to cervical 
cancer at twice the rate of non-Hispanic White women; 
Whereas African-American men are 60 percent more likely to 
die from a stroke than non-Hispanic White men; 
Whereas Hispanics have higher rates of end-stage renal dis-
ease caused by diabetes, and are 40 percent more likely 
to die of diabetes, than non-Hispanic Whites; 
Whereas the HIV diagnosis rate among Hispanic men is 
more than 3 times the HIV diagnosis rate among non- 
Hispanic White men; 
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Whereas American Indian and Alaska Natives have 1.6 times 
the infant mortality rate as that of non-Hispanic Whites; 
Whereas American Indian and Alaska Native babies are 70 
percent more likely to die from accidental deaths before 
their first birthday than non-Hispanic White babies; 
Whereas sickle cell disease affects approximately 100,000 
people in the United States, occurring in approximately 
1 out of every 365 African-American births and 1 out of 
every 16,300 Hispanic births; 
Whereas only 9.5 percent of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Is-
landers, 6.8 percent of Asian Americans, 8 percent of 
Hispanics, 9 percent of African Americans, and 14 per-
cent of American Indians and Alaska Natives received 
mental health treatment or counseling in the past year, 
compared to 18 percent of non-Hispanic Whites; 
Whereas marked differences in the social determinants of 
health can lead to poor health outcomes and declines in 
longevity; and 
Whereas community-based health care initiatives, such as 
prevention-focused programs, present a unique oppor-
tunity to use innovative approaches to improve health 
practices across the United States and to reduce dispari-
ties among racial and ethnic minority populations: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports 
the goals and ideals of National Minority Health Month, 
which include bringing attention to the health disparities 
faced by minority populations in the United States, such 
as American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, 
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African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Hawaiians or 
other Pacific Islanders. 
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