[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 222 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]
1st Session
S. RES. 222
Designating October 17, 2003, as ``National Mammography Day''.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 10, 2003
Mr. Biden (for himself, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Allen, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Bingaman,
Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Campbell, Ms. Cantwell, Mr.
Carper, Mr. Chambliss, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Collins, Mr.
Craig, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Dorgan, Mr.
Edwards, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Hatch, Mr.
Hollings, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Johnson, Mr.
Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr.
Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Lugar, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Miller, Mrs.
Murray, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Reid, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr.
Sarbanes, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Smith, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Specter, Ms. Stabenow,
Mr. Talent, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Durbin, Mr.
Kohl, Mr. Bunning, and Ms. Murkowski) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
September 25, 2003
Reported by Mr. Hatch, without amendment
September 25, 2003
Considered and agreed to
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RESOLUTION
Designating October 17, 2003, as ``National Mammography Day''.
Whereas according to the American Cancer Society, in 2003, 211,300 women will be
diagnosed with breast cancer and 39,800 women will die from this
disease;
Whereas it is estimated that about 2,000,000 women were diagnosed with breast
cancer in the 1990s, and that in nearly 500,000 of those cases, the
cancer resulted in death;
Whereas African-American women suffer a 30 percent greater mortality from breast
cancer than White women and more than a 100 percent greater mortality
from breast cancer than women from Hispanic, Asian, and American Indian
populations;
Whereas the risk of breast cancer increases with age, with a woman at age 70
years having twice as much of a chance of developing the disease as a
woman at age 50 years;
Whereas at least 80 percent of the women who get breast cancer have no family
history of the disease;
Whereas mammograms, when operated professionally at a certified facility, can
provide safe screening and early detection of breast cancer in many
women;
Whereas mammography is an excellent method for early detection of localized
breast cancer, which has a 5-year survival rate of more than 97 percent;
Whereas the National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society continue
to recommend periodic mammograms; and
Whereas the National Breast Cancer Coalition recommends that each woman and her
health care provider make an individual decision about mammography: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) designates October 17, 2003, as ``National Mammography
Day''; and
(2) requests that the President issue a proclamation
calling upon the people of the United States to observe the day
with appropriate programs and activities.
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