“A resolution recognizing the important work of the United States Preventive Services Task Force.”
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This section declares the sense of Congress that (1) operations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)—which makes evidence-based recommendations on clinical preventive services—must continue without interruption, delay, or funding disruption; (2) the USPSTF's current members, who are experts in primary care and preventive medicine serving staggered 4-year terms, make transparent, evidence-based recommendations using the best scientific evidence; (3) those members should serve their full 4-year terms; (4) the USPSTF's work must remain grounded in transparent, evidence-based reviews of vetted scientific studies; and (5) the Department of Health and Human Services must reconvene the USPSTF without delay, as required by section 915 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 299b-4).