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Senate resolution · 112th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate

A resolution designating the week of September 16, 2012, as "Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week", reaffirming the importance of an enhanced and coordinated research effort on mitochondrial diseases, and commending the National Institutes of Health for its efforts to improve the understanding of mitochondrial diseases.

S.Res. 490Introduced Jun 12, 2012Policy area: Health
Sponsor: Sen. Barbara Boxer D-CA
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Where it went

Latest action: Nov 15, 2012 — Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6870-6871)

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

7 cosponsors — 6 Democrats, 1 independent

0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), John Kerry (D-MA), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), James Webb (D-VA).

More from the sponsor

Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Barbara Boxer.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress

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Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.