3.0.0 11 2023-01-11T13:36:09Z 2023-01-11T13:36:09Z Senate SCONRES 2017-03-22 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-03-22T18:52:05Z Recognizing the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks during Women's History Month. 115 38 HCONRES 2017-03-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2017-03-22 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1934) IntroReferral 2017-03-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD N C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2017-03-22 True Health Cancer Cell biology and embryology Commemorative events and holidays Congressional tributes Genetics Medical ethics Medical research Women's health Women's rights Health 00 2017-03-22 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-02T15:31:02Z Celebrates, during Women's History Month, the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks.

Honors Lacks as a hero of modern medicine for contributions to the medical discoveries resulting from her HeLa cells, which helped make possible some of the most important medical advances of the last century.

Recognizes her legacy, which has contributed to developments in bioethics and patient rights.

]]> A concurrent resolution recognizing the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks during Women's History Month. Display Title A concurrent resolution recognizing the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks during Women's History Month. Official Title as Introduced A concurrent resolution recognizing the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks during Women's History Month. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115sconres11is/xml/BILLS-115sconres11is.xml 2017-03-22 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1934) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.