Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to lung cancer as a public health priority and the recommendations of the Lung Cancer Progress Review Group of the National Cancer Institute.
Latest action · Nov 13, 2007 The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedApr 24, 2007
- Agreed to in HouseNov 13, 2007
Summary
Recognizes: (1) lung cancer as a public health priority; (2) the importance of reducing the lung cancer mortality rate by at least half by 2015; (3) the benefit of graduate medical education programs in thoracic medicine and cardiothoracic surgery; and (4) the importance of the recommendations of the Lung Cancer Progress Review Group of the National Cancer Institute.
Encourages increased investment for lung cancer research and other lung cancer-related programs.
Expresses support for efforts to develop a broad-based lung cancer screening and disease management program among members of the Armed Forces and veterans.
Cosponsors 81
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 24, 2007 to Nov 13, 2007, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Apr 24, 2007 |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Original | Apr 24, 2007 |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| D-VA | Virgil H. Goode Jr. | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Jun 15, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Jul 27, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Aug 3, 2007 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Aug 3, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Aug 3, 2007 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Sep 4, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Sep 4, 2007 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 13, 2007Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H13545-13546)
- Nov 13, 2007DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 335.
- Nov 13, 2007Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Nov 13, 2007Mrs. Capps moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
- Nov 13, 2007On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H13545)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRES 87 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should declare lung cancer a public health priority and should implement a comprehensive interagency program to reduce the lung cancer mortality rate by at least 50 percent by 2015. | Identical bill | Aug 2, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Case management
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Chemotherapy
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Drug abuse
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Executive reorganization
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to research
- Federal officials
- Government Operations and Politics
- Graduate education
- Health
- Health surveys
- Higher education
- Imaging systems in medicine
- Lung cancer
- Medicaid
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Medical screening
- Medical statistics
- Medical technology
- Medical tests
- Medicare
- Military medicine
- Mortality
- Pharmaceutical research
- Quality of care
- Research centers
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Smoking
- Social Welfare
- Surgery
- Tobacco
- Veterans' medical care
- Vital statistics
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 13, 2007Engrossed in House
- Apr 24, 2007Introduced in House
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