United States · Resolution · SRES
S.Res. 218 (109th)
A resolution designating September 2005 as "National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month".
Introduced
28 July 2005
Last action
28 July 2005 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9307)
Sponsors
Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL], Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV], Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL], Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ], Rep. Bunning, Jim [R-KY-4], Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA], Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], Maria Cantwell, Mike Crapo, Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Rep. Lott, Trent [R-MS-5], Richard Durbin
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Designates September 2005 as National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Declares that it is critical to: (1) raise awareness about prostate cancer screening and treatment; (2) increase funding for prostate cancer research; and (3) improve access to and the quality of health care services for detecting and treating prostate cancer.
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Timeline
28 July 2005
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9307)
Source: IntroReferral
28 July 2005
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 28 July 2005 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 28 July 2005
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 28 July 2005
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 28 July 2005
Sponsors
- Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Bunning, Jim [R-KY-4] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Maria Cantwell · D · Sponsor
- Mike Crapo · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Lott, Trent [R-MS-5] · R · Sponsor
- Richard Durbin · D · Sponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-resolution/218
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/sres/218
- us · 109-sres-218 · source updated 10 August 2026