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A resolution designating September 2013 as "National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month".

Introduced: July 30, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Jul 30, 2013
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6082; text as passed Senate: CR S6080)
Jul 30, 2013
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6082; text as passed Senate: CR S6080)
Jul 30, 2013
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Designates September 2013 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 to a level 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.

What's happening now July 30, 2013

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6082; text as passed Senate: CR S6080)