(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Designates June 2010 as National Aphasia Awareness Month.
Expresses support for efforts to: (1) increase awareness of aphasia (a communication impairment caused by brain damage that typically results from a stroke); and (2) make the voices of people with aphasia heard.
Recognizes that strokes are the third-largest cause of death and disability in the United States.
Acknowledges that aphasia deserves more attention and study in order to find new solutions.
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6317; text as passed Senate: CR S6317; text of measure as introduced: CR S6273-6274)
Introduced in Senate
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3038)
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4627)
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4627)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S4627)
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S4627)
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