H.Res. 606

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 606 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 606

Supporting the goals and ideals of World Drowning Prevention Day.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 23, 2025

Ms. Omar (for herself and Ms. Wasserman Schultz) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs

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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 preventable deaths in the past 
decade, a silent epidemic of preventable 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 impacts of climate change, and 
drowning is the leading cause of deaths during floods;
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 countries, 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 evidence-based, low-cost 
drowning prevention interventions that countries and organizations can 
use to drastically reduce 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 resuscitation;

(5) setting and enforcing boating, shipping, and ferry regulations; and

(6) improving flood risk management locally and nationally; and

Whereas the United Nations General Assembly adopted a historic 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, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) supports the goals and ideals of World Drowning 
Prevention Day to catalyze concrete action and generate 
attention globally for drowning prevention and improved water 
safety;
(2) recognizes the importance of this global advocacy event 
as an opportunity to highlight the tragic 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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