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HRES 563 107th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the House regarding the importance of bone marrow donation, honoring the National Marrow Donor Program for its work in increasing bone marrow donations, and supporting…

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Official title: Expressing the sense of the House regarding the importance of bone marrow donation, honoring the National Marrow Donor Program for its work in increasing bone marrow donations, and supporting National Marrow Awareness Month, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 26, 2002 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Oct 8, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 26, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 26, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 8, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Encourages all Americans to learn about the importance of bone marrow donation and to become a bone marrow donor by joining the National Marrow Donor Program Registry.

Supports the goals of National Marrow Awareness Month, especially efforts to increase the number of minority donors and to educate Americans about bone marrow donation and transplants.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 2 Republican 2
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Oct 16, 2002
FROST, MARTIN
· Oct 16, 2002
CRANE, PHILIP
· Sep 26, 2002
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Sep 26, 2002
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Sep 26, 2002
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Sep 26, 2002
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Sep 26, 2002
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 563: Expressing the sense of the House regarding the importance of bone marrow donation, honoring the National Marrow Donor Program for its work in increasing bone marrow donations, and supporting National Marrow Awareness Month, and for other purposes.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HRES-563/
MLA
"H. Res. 563: Expressing the sense of the House regarding the importance of bone marrow donation, honoring the National Marrow Donor Program for its work in increasing bone marrow donations, and supporting National Marrow Awareness Month, and for other purposes.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HRES-563/.
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H. Res. 563, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HRES-563/.
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[H. Res. 563: Expressing the sense of the House regarding the importance of bone marrow donation, honoring the National Marrow Donor Program for its work in increasing bone marrow donations, and supporting National Marrow Awareness Month, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HRES-563/)
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