That the House of Representatives— (1) recognizes the ongoing challenges in addressing health outcomes among people with sickle-cell trait and sickle-cell disease; (2) encourages the medical community, in coordination with the State and Federal Government, to work to ensure that all individuals are made aware of their sickle-cell trait status by developing a common strategy for dissemination of screening results, education, and counseling to parents and families in collaboration with all 50 States’ newborn screening programs; (3) calls on the Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with experts, to develop a surveillance and public awareness campaign regarding the importance of knowing one’s sickle-cell trait status and to gain knowledge on sickle-cell disease for all racial and ethnic groups in the United States; (4) calls on the Department of Health and Human Services to expand access for screening and appropriate counseling for carriers of sickle-cell trait; and (5) commits to ensuring support for research that expands our understanding of the health outcomes and other implications of sickle-cell trait and the health outcomes associated with sickle-cell disease.