S.Con.Res. 10 · 108th Congress
A concurrent resolution designating April 2003 as "Human Genome Month" and April 25 as "DNA Day".
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Judd Gregg
- Introduced
- 2003-02-27
- Latest action
- 2003-03-03 · Held at the desk.
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced in the Senate on February 27, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Designates: (1) April 25, 2003, as DNA Day in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the publication of the description of the double-helix structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) by James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick; and (2) April 2003 as Human Genome Month to celebrate that anniversary, the essential completion of the sequence of the human genome, and the development of a plan for the future of genomics.