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A resolution designating the third week of April 2007 as "National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week".

Introduced: April 20, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Apr 20, 2007
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4820; text as passed Senate: CR S4820; text of measure as introduced: CR S4816-4817)
Apr 20, 2007
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4820; text as passed Senate: CR S4820; text of measure as introduced: CR S4816-4817)
Apr 20, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates the third week of April 2007 as National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week.

Commends those organizations that are: (1) working to increase awareness of the danger of shaking young children; (2) educating parents and caregivers on how they can help protect children from injuries caused by abusive shaking; and (3) helping families cope with the challenges of child-rearing and other stresses in their lives.

Encourages participation in educational programs to help prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome.

What's happening now April 20, 2007

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4820; text as passed Senate: CR S4820; text of measure as introduced: CR S4816-4817)

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