[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 134 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 134

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 15 (legislative day, September 7), 1993

  Mr. Biden (for himself, Mr. Akaka, Mr. DeConcini, Mr. Mathews, Ms. 
  Mikulski, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Pell, and Mr. Thurmond) introduced the 
 following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                            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.

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