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HRES 586 114th Congress House

Expressing support for designation of the fourth week in May as "DIPG Awareness Week" to raise awareness and encourage the research into cures for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) and…

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Official title: Expressing support for designation of the fourth week in May as "DIPG Awareness Week" to raise awareness and encourage the research into cures for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) and pediatric cancers in general.

Introduced: February 1, 2016 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Jan 15, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 13, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 13, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 15, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses support for the designation of DIPG Awareness Week. ("DIPG" is diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a terminal childhood brain cancer.)

Encourages the National Cancer Institute and other research funders to elevate their consideration of the mortality rate of a type of cancer as well as the life years lost as factors considered during the grant application process.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 5 Republican 1
Costello, Ryan
· Sep 26, 2016
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Sep 14, 2016
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jul 14, 2016
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Apr 27, 2016
Comstock, Barbara
· Mar 14, 2016
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 1, 2016
Murphy, Tim
· Feb 1, 2016
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Jan 13, 2016
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Jan 13, 2016
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 586: Expressing support for designation of the fourth week in May as "DIPG Awareness Week" to raise awareness and encourage the research into cures for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) and pediatric cancers in general.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-586/
MLA
"H. Res. 586: Expressing support for designation of the fourth week in May as "DIPG Awareness Week" to raise awareness and encourage the research into cures for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) and pediatric cancers in general.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-586/.
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H. Res. 586, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-586/.
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[H. Res. 586: Expressing support for designation of the fourth week in May as "DIPG Awareness Week" to raise awareness and encourage the research into cures for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) and pediatric cancers in general.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-586/)
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