; Whereas social media does expose children to bullying, depression, anxiety, and self-harm; Whereas there is a strong need to further understand and deter any negative impacts of social media on children and youth; Whereas the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Summary and Trends Report: 2011–2021, found that— (1) nearly 3 in 5 teenage girls in the United States felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021, which is double that of boys and the highest levels reported in decades; (2) 30 percent of teenage girls in the United States seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year; and (3) youth experienced high and worsening levels of persistent sadness or hopelessness across all racial and ethnics groups; Whereas the 2022 Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey prepared by the CDC found that— (1) 36 percent of heterosexual high school students and 75 percent of LGBTQ+ high school students felt persistently sad or hopeless for an extended period during the last 12 months; (2) 14 percent of heterosexual high school students and 47 percent of LGBTQ+ high school students seriously considered attempting suicide during the last 12 months; and (3) 5 percent of heterosexual high school students and 26 percent of LGBTQ+ high school students actually attempted suicide during the last 12 months; Whereas, according to the 2023 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health conducted by The Trevor Project, 56 percent of LGBTQ youth who wanted mental health care in the past year were not able to get it and 41 percent of LGBTQ youth seriously considered attempting suicide over this same time period; Whereas disparities remain in access to mental health treatment for communities of color, with Asian, Native American, Hispanic, and Black individuals less likely to receive mental health care than their White counterparts