A resolution designating September 2026 as "National Cholesterol Education Month" and September 30, 2026, as "LDL-C Awareness Day".
Designates September 2026 as National Cholesterol Education Month and September 30 as LDL-C Awareness Day.
Agreed to in the Senate on Sept. 28, 2026. A resolution like this does not go to the other chamber or the President.
- INTRODUCEDINTROSEP 28, 2026
- COMMITTEECOMM.SKIPPED
- AGREED TOAGREEDSEP 28
What the bill would do, and why it matters
Cholesterol levels can affect the risk of heart disease and stroke. The resolution designates September 2026 as National Cholesterol Education Month and September 30 as LDL-C Awareness Day. It encourages people to know their LDL-C number and recognizes the need to screen for and treat elevated levels.
- NON-BINDING A simple resolution carries no force of law. It expresses the chamber's opinion or sets internal rules — it does not bind agencies, the President, or anyone outside Congress.
- COMMEMORATIVE This measure honors, congratulates or commemorates, or marks an observance such as an awareness day or month. It creates no legal obligations.
- DATA NOTE No Congressional Research Service summary was available.
- Designates two cholesterol observances
Designates September 2026 as National Cholesterol Education Month and September 30, 2026, as LDL-C Awareness Day.
- Encourages people to know their LDL-C
Encourages people in the United States to know their low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) number.
- Recognizes the need for screening and treatment
Recognizes the need to screen for and treat elevated LDL-C to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, including heart attacks and strokes.
The resolution cites gaps in cholesterol testing and in meeting recommended LDL-C goals, as well as higher cardiovascular disease and stroke death rates in rural areas. It presents screening and treatment as ways to reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular events.
Written from the bill text.
The path it took, step by step
- IntroducedSEP 28, 2026SENATESEP 28, 2026By Sen. Hyde-Smith with 3 original cosponsors
- Committee—COMMITTEE—Went to the floor without a committee report
- SAME DAYAgreed to in the SenateSEP 28, 2026SENATE FLOORSEP 28, 2026Unanimous consent
- SEP 282026SEP 28, 2026AGREED TOSENATESubmitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
Where your members stand on it
A coalition from 3 states
Plus the sponsor, a Republican. The smaller side has 1 member.
Plus the sponsor, a Republican. The smaller side has 1 member.
Sen. Hyde-Smith’s record: sponsored 46 bills this Congress. 14 passed the Senate; 0 became law.
- Katie Boyd BrittR-ALORIGINAL
- Alex PadillaD-CAORIGINAL
- Gary C. PetersD-MIORIGINAL
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