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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 111

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 29 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 27), 1993

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

OCTOBER 15 (legislative day, OCTOBER 13), 1993

Committee discharged

JOINT RESOLUTION

Designating October 21, 1993, as ‘‘National Biomedical

Research Day’’.

Whereas the biomedical research community in the United

States is recognized as the world leader in discovering

knowledge that promotes the health and well-being of

people throughout the world;

Whereas biomedical research offers the best hope for breakthroughs in the detection and treatment of diseases in

the future;
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Whereas since 1900 biomedical research has helped increase

the lifespan of people in the United States by 25 years

through the development of vaccines, antibiotics, and

anti-infective drugs;

Whereas biomedical research has contributed to the virtual

elimination of epidemic diseases such as cholera, smallpox, yellow fever, and bubonic plague, and in the United

States biomedical research has helped to prevent such

childhood killers such as polio, diptheria, tetanus, pertussis, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome;

Whereas biomedical researchers are working diligently toward

cures for diseases such as Acquired Immune Deficiency

Syndrome (AIDS), Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, arthritis,

diabetes, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, heart and lung diseases, mental illness, and countless other diseases that

afflict millions of people in the United States;

Whereas the Congress has consistently demonstrated a financial commitment to maintaining the preeminence of the

United States in biomedical research through support of

such agencies as the National Institutes of Health, the

Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration,

the Centers for Disease Control, and the Veterans’ Administration;

Whereas the products and byproducts of biomedical research

contribute to the health of the United States economy by

reducing medical costs through prevention of various diseases and by furthering the success of the United States

in international commerce and trade;

Whereas biomedical research has led to drugs and vaccines

that safeguard the animals we raise and the food we
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consume, protecting the health of such animals as cattle,

hogs, sheep, and chickens; and

Whereas biomedical research also has contributed to the

health and well-being of animals through vaccines for

parvovirus, infectious canine hepatitis, rabies, distemper,

anthrax, tetanus, and feline leukemia, and has helped the

prospects of endangered species by reducing disease and

promoting reproduction: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That October 21, 1993, is designated as ‘‘National Bio4 medical Research Day’’, and the President is authorized

5 and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the

6 people of the United States to observe such day with ap7 propriate ceremonies and activities.

Passed the House of Representatives September 28,

1993.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.