[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 200 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 200

    Designating September 12, 2009, as ``National Childhood Cancer 
                            Awareness Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 23, 2009

   Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Specter, Mr. 
 Warner, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Lautenberg, and 
Mr. Bayh) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

                             August 3, 2009

             Committee discharged; considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Designating September 12, 2009, as ``National Childhood Cancer 
                            Awareness Day''.

Whereas childhood cancer is the leading cause of death by disease for children 
        in the United States;
Whereas an estimated 12,500 children in this Nation are diagnosed with cancer 
        each year;
Whereas an estimated 2,300 children in this Nation lose their lives to cancer 
        each year;
Whereas the results of peer-reviewed clinical trials have raised the standard of 
        care and improved the 5-year cancer survival rate in children to greater 
        than 80 percent overall;
Whereas more than 40,000 children and adolescents in the United States currently 
        are being treated for childhood cancers;
Whereas up to \2/3\ of childhood cancer survivors are likely to experience at 
        least one life-altering or life-threatening late effect from treatment; 
        and
Whereas childhood cancer occurs regularly and randomly and spares no racial or 
        ethnic group, socioeconomic class, or geographic region: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates September 12, 2009, as ``National Childhood 
        Cancer Awareness Day'';
            (2) requests that the Federal Government, States, 
        localities, and nonprofit organizations observe the day with 
        appropriate programs and activities, with the goal of 
        increasing public knowledge of the risks of cancer;
            (3) recognizes the profound toll a diagnosis of cancer has 
        on children, families, and communities and pledges to make its 
        prevention and cure a public health priority; and
            (4) urges public and private sector efforts to promote 
        awareness, invest in research, and improve treatments for 
        childhood cancer.
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