Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
This resolution is a statement by the House supporting the designation of May as Lyme and Tick-borne Disease Awareness Month and encouraging awareness and better clinical responses. It does not create a law, provide funding, or require federal agencies to take action. The text highlights facts, federal activities, and calls for continued attention, but it is non-binding and symbolic. It reflects the House's view and aims to raise public and policymaker awareness.
This is a House simple resolution considered and voted on only in the House; it does not go to the Senate or the President and does not have the force of law.
This House resolution expresses support for designating May as “Lyme and Tick-borne Disease Awareness Month.” It cites rising Lyme and tick-borne disease incidence, CDC estimates, the Kay Hagan Tick Act, HHS activities including LymeX and awareness campaigns, and urges continued federal efforts to improve awareness, monitoring, and clinical responses.
The resolution is symbolic and does not itself appropriate funds or create new regulatory authorities.
House simple resolutions do not create law; adoption by the House is likely but it would not become law absent a separate statutory measure.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill functions as a conventional commemorative House resolution: it presents background facts, expresses support for designating May as Lyme and Tick-borne Disease Awareness Month, and encourages continued attention to the issue without creating legal obligations or funding changes.
Symbolic designation vs demand for concrete funding and programs
Symbolic designation vs demand for concrete funding and programs
Likely welcomes increased attention to a growing public-health problem and support for patients.
Sees awareness designation as a first step toward better diagnosis, research, prevention, and equitable care for affected communities.
Generally supportive of a nonbinding, bipartisan awareness resolution that highlights public-health concerns.
Wants clarity that this is symbolic and prefers subsequent targeted, evidence-based investments with measurable outcomes.
Likely accepts the symbolic designation as a reasonable public-health awareness measure, while stressing limited federal expansion.
Prefers state-led responses and cautions against mandatory federal programs or large spending increases.
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House simple resolutions do not create law; adoption by the House is likely but it would not become law absent a separate statutory measure.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Symbolic designation vs demand for concrete funding and programs
House simple resolutions do not create law; adoption by the House is likely but it would not become law absent a separate statutory measure.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill functions as a conventional commemorative House resolution: it presents background facts, expresses support for designating May as Lyme and Tick-borne Disease Awarene…
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