A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need for additional research into the chronic neurological condition hydrocephalus, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Jan 28, 2008 Held at the desk.
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 concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.
- IntroducedDec 19, 2007
- Agreed to in SenateJan 22, 2008
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Commends the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for working with leading scientists and researchers to organize the first-ever NIH conference on hydrocephalus (a neurological condition characterized by the abnormal buildup of cerebrospinal fluids in the ventricles of the brain).
Urges the Director to continue the current collaboration with respect to hydrocephalus among national research institutes.
Calls for: (1) further research into the epidemiology, pathophysiology, disease burden, and improved treatment of hydrocephalus; and (2) increased public awareness and professional education regarding hydrocephalus through partnerships between the federal government and patient advocacy organizations.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 22, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Jan 22, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Dec 19, 2007Discharged Jan 23, 2008 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 28, 2008Received in the House.
- Jan 28, 2008Held at the desk.
- Jan 24, 2008Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jan 22, 2008Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S155-156)
- Jan 22, 2008Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S155-156)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S155Text printed S155 | Robert P. Casey Jr. D-PA | Jan 22, 2008 |
| Senate | Text printed S16018 | — | Dec 19, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCONRES 74 | Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need for additional research into the chronic neurological condition hydrocephalus, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Feb 28, 2007 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need for additional research into the chronic neurological condition hydrocephalus, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Brain diseases
- Commemorations
- Communication in medicine
- Communication in science
- Conferences
- Congressional tributes
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Epidemiology
- Federal aid to research
- Federal officials
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health education
- Higher education
- Medical education
- Medical research
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Research centers
- Science, Technology, Communications
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 23, 2008Engrossed in Senate
- Dec 19, 2007Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
