SRES 537 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

A resolution designating May 2010 as "National Brain Tumor Awareness Month".

Latest action · May 26, 2010 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S4470)

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMay 24, 2010
  2. Agreed to in SenateMay 26, 2010

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates May 2010 as National Brain Tumor Awareness Month.

Expresses support for: (1) efforts to develop better treatments to improve the quality of life and the long-term prognosis of individuals diagnosed with a brain tumor; and (2) individuals who are battling brain tumors, as well as their families, friends, and caregivers.

Encourages increased awareness of brain tumors to honor individuals who are living with or who have lost their lives to brain tumors.

Urges a collaborative public-private approach to brain tumor research.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 24, 2010 to May 26, 2010; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.OriginalMay 24, 2010
R-SCLindsey GrahamMay 26, 2010

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateJudiciary Committee
Referred May 24, 2010Discharged May 26, 2010

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 26, 2010Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4470)
  2. May 26, 2010Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4470)
  3. May 26, 2010Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S4470)
  4. May 24, 2010Introduced in Senate
  5. May 24, 2010Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4147)
  6. May 24, 2010Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4147)

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S4470Text printed S4470Richard J. Durbin D-ILMay 26, 2010
SenateText printed S4147—May 24, 2010

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HRES 1410Expressing support for designation of May 2010 as National Brain Tumor Awareness Month.Related billMay 27, 2010

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A resolution designating May 2010 as "National Brain Tumor Awareness Month".

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 26, 2010Agreed to Senate
  2. May 24, 2010Introduced in Senate

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