S.Res. 115 · 114th Congress
A resolution designating April 2015 as "National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month".
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- Senate Introduced Mar 25, 2015
- Senate Passed Mar 25, 2015
Designates April 2015 as National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month. (Congenital diaphragmatic hernia is a birth defect that occurs when the diaphragm fails to fully form, allowing abdominal organs to migrate into the chest cavity and preventing lung growth.)
What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate without amendment · Mar 25, 2015
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Designates April 2015 as National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month. (Congenital diaphragmatic hernia is a birth defect that occurs when the diaphragm fails to fully form, allowing abdominal organs to migrate into the chest cavity and preventing lung growth.)
Encourages that steps should be taken to:
- raise awareness of and increase public knowledge about congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH);
- inform all Americans about the dangers of CDH;
- disseminate information on the importance of quality neonatal care for CDH patients;
- promote quality prenatal care and the use of ultrasounds to detect CDH in utero; and
- support research funding of CDH to improve screening and treatment, discover its causes, and develop a cure.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: A resolution designating April 2015 as "National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month".
Latest action (Mar 25, 2015): Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1957; text as passed Senate: CR S1895)
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 25, 2015
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- Senate Introduced Mar 25, 2015
- Senate Passed Mar 25, 2015
No recorded floor vote found.