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A resolution designating March 6, 2016, as the first annual "World Lymphedema Day".
Introduced: March 3, 2016
Introduced by:
Schumer, Charles E.
Democratic
· New York
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Mar 3, 2016
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S1296; text as passed Senate: CR S1283-1284)
Mar 3, 2016
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S1296; text as passed Senate: CR S1283-1284)
Mar 3, 2016
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.)
Urges that advocates and health care providers that battle lymphedema be recognized. (Lymphedema is a painful and destructive swelling caused by a blockage in the lymphatic system.)
Designates March 6, 2016, as World Lymphedema Day.
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S1296; text as passed Senate: CR S1283-1284)
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