Expressing support for the designation of May 2025 as "National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month".

Bill: 119-hres-387
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
Introduced: 2025-05-06
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2025-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:

tv_txt: IV 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 387 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 6, 2025 Mrs. Dingell (for herself and Mr. Valadao ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform RESOLUTION Expressing support for the designation of May 2025 as National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month .

Whereas 4,900,000 children in the United States currently have asthma; Whereas nearly 28,000,000 people in the United States, have asthma and the numbers are increasing each year; Whereas, in 2018, on average, children missed more than 7,900,000 days of school and adults missed 10,900,000 days of work because of asthma; Whereas asthma is one of the most common noncommunicable diseases among children; Whereas 1,500,000 individuals per year visit emergency departments because of asthma’s effects; Whereas asthma is a leading cause of hospitalizations and school absences due to a chronic disease among children; Whereas the total economic cost of asthma in the United States was $81,900,000,000 per year from 2008 to 2013; Whereas fewer than half of people with asthma report being given an asthma action plan, which is key to the prevention of asthma attacks; Whereas Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous individuals in the United States face the highest burden of asthma; Whereas asthma is a manageable disease that claimed the lives of over 3,500 Americans in 2021; Whereas 20,300,000 people in the United States have food allergies, including about 4,300,000 children; Whereas food allergy has increased among United States children over the past 20 years, with the greatest increase in Black children; Whereas children with food allergies are 2 to 4 times more likely to have asthma or other allergic diseases; and Whereas May would be an appropriation month to designate as Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month : Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives recognizes National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month and calls upon the American people to observe such month with appropriate ceremonies and activities.