1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Elijah E. Cummings Family Asthma Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2020 nearly 25,300,000 people in the United States had been diagnosed with asthma, including an estimated 4,200,000 children. (2) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, asthma is more common among Black Americans, Native individuals (American Indians/Alaska Natives), Puerto Ricans, and people of multiple races compared to non-Hispanic white individuals. (3) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, among children, males have higher rates of asthma than females, and in adults, women have higher rates of asthma than men. Individuals living below the poverty threshold also had significantly higher rates of asthma in 2020 than individuals living above the poverty threshold. (4) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2020 more than 4,100 people in the United States died from asthma. The rate of mortality from asthma is higher among African Americans and women. (5) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that asthma accounted for approximately 183,000 hospitalizations and 1,600,000 visits to hospital emergency departments in 2016. (6) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the annual cost of asthma to the United States is approximately $81,900,000,000, including $3,000,000,000 in indirect costs from missed days of school and work. (7) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 7,900,000 school days and 10,900,000 workdays are missed annually as a result of asthma. (8) Asthma episodes can be triggered by both outdoor air pollution and indoor air pollution, including pollutants such as cigarette smoke and combustion by-products. Asthma episodes can also be triggered by indoor allergens such as animal dander, mold, cockroaches, and rodents, and outdoor allergens such as pollen. (9) Public health