# 119-hres-1561: Expressing support for the designation of the third week of September as "Fungal Disease Awareness Week" and encouraging efforts to improve awareness, diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, and prevention of fungal diseases in the United States.

119-hres-1561, Expressing support for the designation of the third week of September as "Fungal Disease Awareness Week" and encouraging efforts to improve awareness, diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, and prevention of fungal diseases in the United States., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Fong, Vince [R-CA-20] (R-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-20).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hres-1561
- Congress: 119
- Title: Expressing support for the designation of the third week of September as "Fungal Disease Awareness Week" and encouraging efforts to improve awareness, diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, and prevention of fungal diseases in the United States.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-09-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Fong, Vince [R-CA-20] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-20

## Summary

**Fungal Disease Awareness** would be designated each third week of September. The resolution would urge stronger public education, faster diagnosis and treatment, and improved surveillance and prevention of fungal infections. - Families and patients could get earlier recognition and testing for fungal illnesses. The resolution cites about **20,000** reported Valley Fever cases a year and **6,304** new clinical Candida auris cases in 2024. - Clinicians and hospitals would be encouraged to consider fungal causes when treating pneumonia and to expand testing and antifungal susceptibility checks. The text warns fungal infections often mimic bacterial or viral pneumonia and can delay correct care. - Public health agencies and researchers would face calls to boost surveillance, reporting, and interagency coordination and to support research into diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines. - Workers in affected industries would see more attention to occupational outbreaks after a 2023 blastomycosis event that identified **162** cases and about **20%** prevalence among paper mill workers.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA), 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA), 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40] (R-CA), 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More fungal disease awareness and care: benefit, medium. This resolution would designate the third week of September as Fungal Disease Awareness Week and ask agencies and partners to expand public education. It would encourage CDC, state, Tribal, territorial, and local health departments, health care providers, and patient groups to improve awareness, te…
- Stronger readiness for fungal outbreaks: benefit, medium. This resolution would encourage stronger public health readiness and coordination for fungal outbreaks. It would urge improvements in outbreak investigation, laboratory testing capacity, clinician alerts, occupational and environmental risk communication, and coordination across local, State, Triba…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act
- 119-hr-2709: Save Our Sequoias Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-2766: Special District Fairness and Accessibility Act
- 119-hr-2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hres-1561 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1561)

## Related
- [119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-471)
- [119-hr-2709: Save Our Sequoias Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2709)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-2766: Special District Fairness and Accessibility Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2766)
- [119-hr-2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2853)
- [119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1422)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-1561 (as of 2026-09-20).