Expressing support for the designation of February 2026 as "Low Vision and Vision Impairment Awareness Month".

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H. Res. 1090 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1090 Expressing support for the designation of February 2026 as ``Low Vision and Vision Impairment Awareness Month''. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 26, 2026 Mr. Veasey (for himself and Mr. Bilirakis) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ RESOLUTION Expressing support for the designation of February 2026 as ``Low Vision and Vision Impairment Awareness Month''. Whereas, according to the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), 90 percent of vision or sight loss is preventable or treatable and yet the global economy loses an estimated $411 billion to unaddressed vision problems each year; Whereas, according to the IAPB, over 2 billion people globally live with vision impairment and yet approximately 1 billion people live with vision loss that could have been avoided or treated; Whereas, accor…