A resolution designating April 2007 as "National Autism Awareness Month" and supporting efforts to increase funding for research into the causes and treatment of autism and to improve training and support for individuals with autism and those who care for individuals with autism.
Latest action · Mar 23, 2007 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3723; text as passed Senate: CR S3723)
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.
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2007
- Agreed to in SenateMar 23, 2007
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Designates April 2007 as National Autism Awareness Month. Expresses support for increasing federal funding for autism research.
Stresses the need to begin early intervention services soon after an individual has been diagnosed with autism.
Expresses support for the federal government funding 40% of the costs needed to educate children with disabilities.
Recognizes the shortage of appropriately trained teachers and the importance of worker training programs that meet the needs of developmentally disabled individuals.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2007 to Mar 21, 2007; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Mar 21, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 13, 2007Markup Mar 1, 2007Reported Mar 1, 2007 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2007Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3723; text as passed Senate: CR S3723)
- Mar 1, 2007Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Mar 1, 2007Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
- Mar 1, 2007Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 62.
- Feb 13, 2007Introduced in Senate
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.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution designating April 2007 as "National Autism Awareness Month" and supporting efforts to increase funding for research into the causes and treatment of autism and to improve training and support for individuals with autism and those who care for individuals with autism.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Autism
- Child development
- Child health
- Commemorations
- Congressional tributes
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Employee training
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to research
- Health
- Labor and Employment
- Medical research
- Parents
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Secondary education
- Special education
- Special months
- Teacher supply and demand
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2007Agreed to Senate
- Feb 13, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Feb 13, 2007Reported to Senate
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