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Congratulating the American Dental Association for establishing the "Give Kids a Smile" program, emphasizing the need to improve access to dental care for children, and thanking dentists for…

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Congratulating the American Dental Association for establishing the "Give Kids a Smile" program, emphasizing the need to improve access to dental care for children, and thanking dentists for volunteering their time to help provide needed dental care.

Introduced: March 11, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Mar 17, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 11, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 11, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Resolves that the House of Representatives: (1) congratulates the American Dental Association for establishing the "Give Kids a Smile" program; (2) emphasizes the need to improve access to dental care for children; and (3) thanks the thousands of dentists who volunteered their time to treat an estimated one million children on February 21, 2003.
What's happening now March 17, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • SRES 182 Identical bill A resolution congratulating the American Dental Association for establishing the "Give Kids a Smile" program, emphasizi…
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Jul 14, 2003
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Jun 16, 2003
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jun 16, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 136: Congratulating the American Dental Association for establishing the "Give Kids a Smile" program, emphasizing the need to improve access to dental care for children, and thanking dentists for volunteering their time to help provide needed dental care.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-136/
MLA
"H. Res. 136: Congratulating the American Dental Association for establishing the "Give Kids a Smile" program, emphasizing the need to improve access to dental care for children, and thanking dentists for volunteering their time to help provide needed dental care.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-136/.
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H. Res. 136, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-136/.
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[H. Res. 136: Congratulating the American Dental Association for establishing the "Give Kids a Smile" program, emphasizing the need to improve access to dental care for children, and thanking dentists for volunteering their time to help provide needed dental care.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-136/)
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