# 119-sres-499: A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Awareness Day".

119-sres-499, A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Awareness Day"., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH] (R-OH); status introduced (as of 2026-08-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-sres-499
- Congress: 119
- Title: A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Awareness Day".
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-18
- Sponsor: Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH] (R-OH)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-19

## Summary

**Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Awareness Day** would be supported to raise public and scientific attention to CJD, a rare, fatal prion brain disease. The resolution notes CJD affects about 1 to 2 people per million each year, roughly 600 U.S. cases, with about 85 percent sporadic, 10 to 15 percent genetic, and under 1 percent acquired, and it urges stronger prion-disease surveillance including postmortem brain exams, raises concern about possible transmission from bovine spongiform encephalopathy and chronic wasting disease in cervids, recognizes the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center as the only U.S. lab monitoring human prion diseases, and highlights the rapid, heavy burden on patients, families, and caregivers.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2026-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Moreno, Bernie [R-OH] (R-OH), 2026-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV), 2026-07-29T00:00:00.000Z

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- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026
- 119-s-4429: Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026
- 119-s-1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- 119-s-1547: America the Beautiful Act

## Sources
- [119-sres-499 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/499)

## Related
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- [119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1541)
- [119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5025)
- [119-s-4429: Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4429)
- [119-s-1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1816)
- [119-s-1547: America the Beautiful Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1547)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-499 (as of 2026-08-19).