SRES 538
112th Congress
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A resolution designating September 2012 as "National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month".
Introduced: August 1, 2012
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Aug 1, 2012
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5898-5900; text as passed Senate: CR S5899; text of measure as introduced: CR S5883-5884)
Aug 1, 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 S5898-5900; text as passed Senate: CR S5899; text of measure as introduced: CR S5883-5884)
Aug 1, 2012
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Designates September 2012 as National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
Declares that steps should be taken to: (1) raise awareness about prostate cancer screening and treatment; (2) increase research funding in an amount commensurate with the burden of prostate cancer; and (3) improve access to, and the quality of, health care services for detecting and treating prostate cancer.
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5898-5900; text as passed Senate: CR S5899; text of measure as introduced: CR S5883-5884)