[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 171 (Tuesday, November 19, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6638-S6639]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE DESIGNATION OF SEPTEMBER 2024 AS ``SICKLE 
                     CELL DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH''

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor,

[[Page S6639]]

and Pensions be discharged from further consideration and the Senate 
now proceed to S. Res. 861.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 861) expressing support for the 
     designation of September 2024 as ``Sickle Cell Disease 
     Awareness Month'' in order to educate communities across the 
     United States about sickle cell disease and the need for 
     research, early detection methods, effective treatments, and 
     preventative care programs with respect to complications from 
     sickle cell disease and conditions related to sickle cell 
     disease.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the resolution.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed 
to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 861) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  (The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in the Record of 
September 25, 2024, under ``Submitted Resolutions.'')

                          ____________________