Expressing support for the designation of the month of May 2026 as "Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Degeneration Awareness Month".
Sponsored By: Representative Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10]
Introduced
Summary
Awareness and support for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Degeneration. This bill would designate May 2026 as an awareness month and formally back research, education, and services to help people affected by these rare, rapidly progressing brain diseases.
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- Patients: Calls attention to about 30,000 Americans with progressive supranuclear palsy and about 2,000 with corticobasal degeneration and lists complex symptoms that impair movement, balance, speech, swallowing, cognition, vision, and mood.
- Families and caregivers: Highlights aggressive progression, noting most people become dependent on care within 3 to 4 years and have an average life expectancy of about 7 to 8 years from symptom onset.
- Healthcare professionals and researchers: Supports more research into diagnosis, prevention, treatments, and cures and urges better access to neurology specialists to reduce diagnostic delays.
- Community and advocates: Recognizes the strength of patients, families, volunteers, clinicians, and researchers and commends organizations working to improve quality of life and pursue cures.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10]
VA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
PA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
OR • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11]
VA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
IL • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Ryan, Patrick [D-NY-18]
NY • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]
NC • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
WA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
CA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
NE • R
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3]
MI • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
NY • R
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
TX • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4]
VA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]
AZ • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
MI • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
FL • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8]
VA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
MO • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7]
TX • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
NH • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
VA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]
NM • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
OR • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
NY • D
Sponsored 6/2/2026
Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]
NC • D
Sponsored 6/10/2026
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