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SRES 683 116th Congress Senate Health Child health Commemorative events and holidays Nutrition and diet Women's health World health

A resolution designating the first week of August 2020 as "World Breastfeeding Week", and designating August 2020 as "National Breastfeeding Month".

Introduced: August 13, 2020 Introduced by: Van Hollen, Chris Democratic · Maryland See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S5411-5412)
Aug 13, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution designates National Breastfeeding Month as August 2020 and World Breastfeeding Week as the first week of August. It also supports the goals of this month and week.

What's happening now August 13, 2020

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S5411-5412)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Aug 13, 2020
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Aug 13, 2020
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Aug 13, 2020
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Aug 13, 2020
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Aug 13, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 683: A resolution designating the first week of August 2020 as "World Breastfeeding Week", and designating August 2020 as "National Breastfeeding Month".. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SRES-683/
MLA
"S. Res. 683: A resolution designating the first week of August 2020 as "World Breastfeeding Week", and designating August 2020 as "National Breastfeeding Month".." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SRES-683/.
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S. Res. 683, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SRES-683/.
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[S. Res. 683: A resolution designating the first week of August 2020 as "World Breastfeeding Week", and designating August 2020 as "National Breastfeeding Month".](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SRES-683/)
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