A resolution designating the first week of April 2019 as "National Asbestos Awareness Week".
Latest action · Mar 4, 2019 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S1634; text: CR S1622)
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.
- IntroducedMar 4, 2019
- Agreed to in SenateMar 4, 2019
Summary
This resolution designates the first week of April 2019 as National Asbestos Awareness Week.
It also urges the Surgeon General to warn and educate people about asbestos exposure, which may be hazardous to their health.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 4, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Mar 4, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Mar 4, 2019 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Mar 4, 2019 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Mar 4, 2019 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Mar 4, 2019 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Mar 4, 2019 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | Mar 4, 2019 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Mar 4, 2019 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Mar 4, 2019 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Mar 4, 2019 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Mar 4, 2019 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Mar 4, 2019 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | Mar 4, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 4, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Mar 4, 2019Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S1634; text: CR S1622)
In the Congressional Record 1
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 S1634Text printed S1622 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Mar 4, 2019 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution designating the first week of April 2019 as "National Asbestos Awareness Week".
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 4, 2019Agreed to Senate
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