[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 111 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 111

 Designating October 21, 1993, as ``National Biomedical Research Day''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 17, 1993

   Mr. Volkmer introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
       referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
 Designating October 21, 1993, as ``National Biomedical Research Day''.

Whereas the biomedical research community in the United States is recognized as 
        the world leader in discovering knowledge that promotes the health and 
        well-being of people throughout the world;
Whereas biomedical research offers the best hope for breakthroughs in the 
        detection and treatment of diseases in the future;
Whereas since 1900 biomedical research has helped increase the lifespan of 
        people in the United States by 25 years through the development of 
        vaccines, antibiotics, and antiinfective drugs;
Whereas biomedical research has contributed to the virtual elimination of 
        epidemic diseases such as cholera, smallpox, yellow fever, and bubonic 
        plague, and in the United States biomedical research has helped to 
        prevent such childhood killers such as polio, diptheria, tetanus, 
        pertussis, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome;
Whereas biomedical researchers are working diligently toward cures for diseases 
        such as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Alzheimer's disease, 
        cancer, arthritis, diabetes, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, heart and 
        lung diseases, mental illness, and countless other diseases that afflict 
        millions of people in the United States;
Whereas the Congress has consistently demonstrated a financial commitment to 
        maintaining the preeminence of the United States in biomedical research 
        through support of such agencies as the National Institutes of Health, 
        the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, the Centers 
        for Disease Control, and the Veterans Administration;
Whereas the products and byproducts of biomedical research contribute to the 
        health of the United States economy by reducing medical costs through 
        prevention of various diseases and by furthering the success of the 
        United States in international commerce and trade;
Whereas biomedical research has led to drugs and vaccines that safeguard the 
        animals we raise and the food we consume, protecting the health of such 
        animals as cattle, hogs, sheep, and chickens; and
Whereas biomedical research also has contributed to the health and well-being of 
        animals through vaccines for parvovirus, infectious canine hepatitis, 
        rabies, distemper, anthrax, tetanus, and feline leukemia, and has helped 
        the prospects of endangered species by reducing disease and promoting 
        reproduction: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That October 21, 1993, is 
designated as ``National Biomedical Research Day'', and the President 
is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the 
people of the United States to observe such day with appropriate 
ceremonies and activities.

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