S.RES.138: A resolution designating the month of September 2001 as "National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month".

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 107th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about health
  • Introduced July 23, 2001
  • Latest Major Action Aug. 3, 2001

Bill Cosponsors

58 (33 Democrats, 26 Republicans)

Bill Summary

Designates the month of September 2001 as National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.Declares that the Federal Government has a responsibility to: (1) raise awareness about the importance of screening methods and treatment of prostate cancer; (2) increase research funding that is commensurate with the burden of the disease so that the causes of, and improved screening, treatments, and a cure for, prostate cancer may be discovered; and (3)...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with amendments and an amendment to the title and with a preamble. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 121.
Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments and an amendment to the Title and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
July 23, 2001

Introduced in the Senate by Conrad Burns (R-Mont.)

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