[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
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[H.J. Res. 265 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.J.Res.265
                       One Hundred Third Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
  the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three


                            Joint Resolution


 
     To designate October 19, 1993, as ``National Mammography Day''.

Whereas, according to the American Cancer Society, one hundred eighty-
  two thousand women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993, and 
  forty-six thousand women will die from this disease;
Whereas, in the decade of the 1990's, it is estimated that about two 
  million women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, resulting in 
  nearly five hundred thousand deaths;
Whereas the risk of breast cancer increases with age, with a woman at 
  age seventy having twice as much of a chance of developing the disease 
  than a woman at age fifty;
Whereas 80 percent of women who get breast cancer have no family history 
  of the disease;
Whereas mammograms, when operated professionally at an accredited 
  facility, can provide a safe and quick diagnosis;
Whereas experts agree that mammography is the best method of early 
  detection of breast cancer, and early detection is the key to saving 
  lives; and
Whereas mammograms can reveal the presence of small cancers up to two 
  years before regular clinical breast examinations or breast self-
  examinations (BSE), saving as many as a third more lives: Now, 
  therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That October 19, 1993, be 
designated as ``National Mammography Day'', and the President is 
authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the people 
of the United States to observe such day with appropriate programs and 
activities.







                                Speaker of the House of Representatives.







                             Vice President of the United States and    
                                                President of the Senate.