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S.Res. 497 · 111th Congress

A resolution designating the third week of April 2010 as "National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week".

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  1. Senate Introduced Apr 22, 2010
  2. Senate Passed Apr 22, 2010

Designates the third week of April 2010 as National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate without amendment · Apr 22, 2010

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

Designates the third week of April 2010 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 2010 as "National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week".

Latest action (Apr 22, 2010): Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2573-2574; text as passed Senate: CR S2573-2574; text of measure as introduced: CR S2594)

Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Apr 22, 2010

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  1. Senate Introduced Apr 22, 2010
  2. Senate Passed Apr 22, 2010

No recorded floor vote found.