S.Res. 408 · 109th Congress
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should declare lung cancer a public health…
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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should declare lung cancer a public health priority and should implement a comprehensive interagency program that will reduce lung cancer mortality by at least 50 percent by 2015.
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- Senate Introduced Mar 28, 2006
- Senate Passed May 2, 2006
Urges the President to: (1) declare lung cancer a public health priority and immediately lead a coordinated effort to reduce the mortality rate of lung cancer by 50% by 2015; (2) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase funding for lung cancer research; (3) direct the Secretary of Defense to develop a lung cancer screening and disease…
What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate without amendment · May 2, 2006
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Urges the President to: (1) declare lung cancer a public health priority and immediately lead a coordinated effort to reduce the mortality rate of lung cancer by 50% by 2015; (2) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase funding for lung cancer research; (3) direct the Secretary of Defense to develop a lung cancer screening and disease management program among members of the Armed Forces and veterans and diagnostic programs for the early detection of lung cancer; (4) appoint the Lung Cancer Scientific and Medical Advisory Committee; and (5) convene a National Lung Cancer Public Health Policy Board to oversee and coordinate all efforts to reduce the lung cancer mortality rate.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should declare lung cancer a public health priority and should implement a comprehensive interagency program that will reduce lung cancer mortality by at least 50 percent by 2015.
Latest action (May 2, 2006): Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text of measure as passed Senate: CR H3918)
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 28, 2006
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- Senate Introduced Mar 28, 2006
- Senate Passed May 2, 2006
No recorded floor vote found.