Skip to main content
SRES 396 112th Congress Senate Health Commemorative events and holidays Congressional tributes Health personnel Health promotion and preventive care Medical research Neurological disorders

A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.

Introduced: March 14, 2012 See on congress.gov
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 14, 2012
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1682-1683; text as passed Senate: CR S1682-1683; text of measure as introduced: CR S1680-1681)
Mar 14, 2012
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1682-1683; text as passed Senate: CR S1682-1683; text of measure as introduced: CR S1680-1681)
Mar 14, 2012
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Expresses: (1) support for the goals and ideals of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week, and (2) gratitude to the family members and friends of those living with multiple sclerosis.

Reaffirms the U.S. commitment to creating a world free of multiple sclerosis by promoting: (1) awareness about people who are affected with multiple sclerosis; and (2) new education programs, supporting research, and expanding access to medical treatment.

Salutes the health care professionals and medical researchers who assist those individuals affected with multiple sclerosis and continue to work to find ways to stop the progression of the disease, restore nerve function, and end multiple sclerosis forever.

What's happening now March 14, 2012

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1682-1683; text as passed Senate: CR S1682-1683; text of measure as introduced: CR S1680-1681)

 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1