Bill Sponsor
House Simple Resolution 114
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Expressing support for the designation of the 17th day in May as "DIPG Awareness Day" to raise awareness and encourage research into cures for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) and pediatric cancers in general.
Introduced
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Introduced in House on Feb 8, 2019
Overview
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Feb 8, 2019
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Feb 11, 2019
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House
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Simple Resolution
Simple Resolution
A form of legislative measure introduced and potentially acted upon by only one congressional chamber and used for the regulation of business only within the chamber of origin. Depending on the chamber of origin, they begin with a designation of either H.Res. or S.Res. Joint resolutions and concurrent resolutions are other types of resolutions.
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114
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Health
Health
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Summary

This resolution expresses support for the designation of DIPG Awareness Day. (DIPG is diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a terminal childhood brain cancer.)

It also encourages public and private sources of research funding to elevate their consideration of the mortality rate of a type of cancer as well as the life years lost as factors considered during the grant application process.

Text (1)
February 8, 2019
Actions (3)
02/11/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
02/08/2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
02/08/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 4:03:00 PM