HRES239-119

That the House of Representatives— recognizes the deadly impact colorectal cancer has to the American people; acknowledges the racial disparity that the Black community faces when dealing with colorectal cancer; encourages the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue and expand their work to identify those factors that result in the colorectal racial screening disparity and develop effective strategies to reduce and ultimately eliminate racial disparities in colorectal screening; encourages everyone get colorectal cancer screening when recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force; encourages the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct research to determine any environmental factors, and the National Institutes of Health to conduct research into any physiological factors that cause an elevated risk for colorectal cancer in young adults; and urges State health plans to quickly adopt new measures to cover colorectal screenings for individuals at a lower age, with special consideration for the Black community and all those at higher risk for colorectal cancer.