{"id":"b0dfeeb0-686e-42eb-85bc-48982ff9c482","feedVisibility":"normal","congress":119,"billType":"sres","billNumber":447,"title":"A resolution designating September 25, 2025, as \"National Ataxia Awareness Day\", and raising awareness of ataxia, ataxia research, and the search for a cure.","displayTitle":"A resolution designating September 25, 2025, as \"National Ataxia Awareness Day\", and raising awareness of ataxia, ataxia research, and the search for a cure.","abstract":"This resolution designates September 25, 2025, as National Ataxia Awareness Day. Ataxia is a clinical manifestation that indicates degeneration or dysfunction of the brain that negatively affects coordination, precision, and accurate timing of physical movements.","displaySummary":"<p><strong>YVN Summary</strong></p>\n\n<p>The Senate formally designated September 25, 2025, as National Ataxia Awareness Day, recognizing a group of rare inherited neurodegenerative diseases that cause progressive loss of coordination, balance, and motor control and for which few treatments and no cures have been approved. The resolution — agreed to by the Senate — supports goals of improving public awareness, expanding diagnosis and access to care, and accelerating research toward effective treatments. It is a symbolic designation and does not appropriate funds.</p>","status":"INTRODUCED","topics":["HEALTHCARE"],"introducedAt":"2025-10-09T00:00:00+00:00","latestActionAt":"2025-10-09T00:00:00+00:00","congressGovUrl":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/447","accountabilityFlags":{},"tldr":"Designates September 25 as National Ataxia Awareness Day, spotlighting rare neurodegenerative diseases with few treatments and no cure.","summaryStandard":null,"flagExplainers":{},"flagValence":{},"needsResummary":false,"displaySummaryHtml":null,"rawStatusText":"Introduced in Senate","chamber":"SENATE","policyArea":"Health","legislativeSubjects":["Congressional tributes","Neurological disorders"],"lawStatus":null,"lawNumber":null,"latestActionText":"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7101; text: CR S7097)","latestTextVersion":"Agreed to Senate","textVersionUsed":"Engrossed in Senate","dateAdded":"2026-04-10T00:00:00+00:00","summarizedAt":"2026-04-10T00:00:00+00:00","recordId":"b0dfeeb0-686e-42eb-85bc-48982ff9c482","feedIdentityKey":"119/sres/447","websiteBillId":"SRES-447","yourvoiceSummary":"The Senate formally designated September 25, 2025, as National Ataxia Awareness Day, recognizing a group of rare inherited neurodegenerative diseases that cause progressive loss of coordination, balance, and motor control and for which few treatments and no cures have been approved. The resolution — agreed to by the Senate — supports goals of improving public awareness, expanding diagnosis and access to care, and accelerating research toward effective treatments. It is a symbolic designation and does not appropriate funds.","updatedAt":"2026-10-24T11:59:46.261755+00:00"}