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105th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. CON. RES. 108
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 17, 1998
Mr. Dorgan (for himself and Mr. Frist) submitted the following
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute, and for other purposes.
Whereas in 1948 the Congress, by its enactment of the National Heart Act and
creation of the National Heart Institute, recognized the urgent need to
establish a national program of research and demonstration projects
relating to the causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases
of the heart and circulation;
Whereas the Congress has consistently and generously supported the purposes of
the National Heart Act;
Whereas, since the creation of the National Heart Institute, the Congress
changed the name of the Institute to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute and expanded and clarified the Institute's role in advancing
human understanding or awareness of diseases of the heart and blood
vessels, diseases of the lungs, diseases of the blood, the use of blood
and blood products, the management of blood resources, and sleep
disorders through research, research training, demonstration projects,
and public education activities;
Whereas June of 1998 marks the 50th anniversary of the creation of the National
Heart Institute which was established to lead a national effort to
prevent, diagnose, and treat heart diseases;
Whereas research supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has
led to the identification of risk factors for coronary heart disease
such as high cholesterol level, high blood pressure, obesity, physical
inactivity, and cigarette smoking;
Whereas the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has conducted and
supported studies that resulted in lifesaving procedures for heart
disease patients, including open-heart surgery, balloon angioplasty,
heart transplants, and insertion of pacemakers and other devices to
improve heart function;
Whereas patients with asthma, cystic fibrosis, and other lung diseases are
receiving better treatment with an improved quality of life because of
research supported by programs of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute;
Whereas the work of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has provided
significant bases for progress in the treatment of inherited blood
diseases such as sickle cell anemia and hemophilia, and in gene therapy
research which suggests the possibility of cures for such diseases;
Whereas the work of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has provided
significant bases for advances in molecular genetics, gene therapy, and
other new technologies, which offer opportunity and promise of further
advances against such devastating diseases as coronary heart disease,
asthma, chronic obstructive lung disease, and cystic fibrosis;
Whereas the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's national education
programs have significantly raised public awareness about the dangers of
elevated cholesterol levels and high blood pressure, the importance of
early response to heart attack symptoms, and asthma prevention and
treatment;
Whereas the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's efforts to promote
research and education have contributed to a dramatic decline over the
past 50 years in death rates from coronary heart disease and stroke;
Whereas researchers, professional societies, voluntary and public health
organizations, and patient groups have all contributed to the National
Heart Act's goals of advancing research and increasing public awareness;
Whereas the Congress intends that the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
continue its contribution to public awareness by disseminating its
research findings to health professionals and the public; and
Whereas the Congress intends that the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
continue to aggressively pursue efforts to improve the health of the
people of the United States by conducting and supporting research and
demonstration projects on the causes, diagnosis, treatment, and
prevention of diseases of the heart and blood vessels, diseases of the
lungs, and diseases of the blood while also conducting or supporting
research and demonstration projects on the use of blood and blood
products, the management of blood resources, and sleep disorders: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),
That the Congress--
(1) recognizes the historic significance of the 50th
anniversary of the enactment of the National Heart Act and the
creation of the institute that became the National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute;
(2) recognizes heart, lung, and blood researchers,
professional societies, voluntary and public health
organizations, and patient groups for their active
participation in the activities of, or promoted by, the
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and for their many,
varied contributions toward the achievement of the goals of the
National Heart Act and subsequent related Acts; and
(3) reaffirms its support of the National Heart Act and
subsequent related Acts and their primary goal of establishing
and implementing a national effort to prevent, diagnose, and
treat diseases of the heart and blood vessels, lungs, and
blood.
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