H.Con.Res. 403 · 109th Congress

Expressing the sense of Congress with regard to the importance of Women's Health Week, which promotes awareness of diseases that affect women and which encourages women to take preventive measures to ensure good health.

Stage
In committee
Introduced
2006-05-17
Latest action
2006-06-05 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summary

Recognizes the importance of: (1) preventing diseases that commonly affect women; and (2) federally funded programs that provide research and collect data on common diseases in women and highlight racial disparities in the rates of these diseases.

Calls for: (1) people to use Women's Health Week as an opportunity to learn about health issues that face women; and (2) women to observe National Women's Check-Up Day by receiving preventive screenings from their health care providers.