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S.Res. 518 · 110th Congress

A resolution designating the third week of April 2008 as "National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week".

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9 cosponsors · 6 D, 3 R
LAR Alexander TKD Kennedy EBD Bayh BCD Casey OHR Hatch JIR Inhofe BMD Menendez PMD Murray CSD Schumer

0 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. Senate Introduced Apr 16, 2008
  2. Senate Passed Apr 21, 2008

Designates the third week of April 2008 as National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate without amendment · Apr 21, 2008

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates the third week of April 2008 as National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week.

Commends organizations that are: (1) working to increase awareness of the danger of shaking young children; (2) educating caregivers on protecting children from injuries caused by abusive shaking; and (3) helping families cope with the challenges of child-rearing and other stresses.

Encourages people to remember the victims of Shaken Baby Syndrome and to participate in educational programs to help prevent it.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: A resolution designating the third week of April 2008 as "National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week".

Latest action (Apr 21, 2008): Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S3210)

Policy area: Commemorations · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Apr 16, 2008

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. Senate Introduced Apr 16, 2008
  2. Senate Passed Apr 21, 2008

No recorded floor vote found.