HRES 155 98th Congress House Health Commemorations Sickle cell anemia Special months

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should issue a proclamation designating the month of September 1983 as "National Sickle-Cell Anemia Awareness…

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A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should issue a proclamation designating the month of September 1983 as "National Sickle-Cell Anemia Awareness Month".

Introduced: March 24, 1983 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Agreed to (House)

Jul 27, 1983

Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.

Jul 27, 1983

Passed/agreed to in House: Resolution Agreed to in House by Voice Vote.

Jul 27, 1983

Resolution Agreed to in House by Voice Vote.

Jul 27, 1983

House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Discharged by Unanimous Consent.

May 2, 1983

Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.

Mar 24, 1983

Introduced in House

Mar 2, 1983

Referred to House Committee on House Administration.

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President designate September 1983 as National Sickle-Cell Anemia Awareness Month.

What's happening now July 27, 1983

Resolution Agreed to in House by Voice Vote.

Committees of jurisdiction 3

Census and Population Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Committee on House Administration
House of Representatives
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 6

Markey, Edward J.

Massachusetts · Jul 11, 1983

Schumer, Charles E.

New York · Jul 11, 1983

Wyden, Ron

Oregon · Jul 11, 1983

Hoyer, Steny H.

Maryland · Jun 16, 1983

Kaptur, Marcy

Ohio · Apr 27, 1983

Smith, Christopher H.

New Jersey · Apr 19, 1983

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 155: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should issue a proclamation designating the month of September 1983 as "National Sickle-Cell Anemia Awareness Month".. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-155/

MLA

"H. Res. 155: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should issue a proclamation designating the month of September 1983 as "National Sickle-Cell Anemia Awareness Month".." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-155/.

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H. Res. 155, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-155/.

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[H. Res. 155: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should issue a proclamation designating the month of September 1983 as "National Sickle-Cell Anemia Awareness Month".](https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-155/)