[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 220 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 220

    To designate October 19, 1994, as ``National Mammography Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 21 (legislative day, September 12), 1994

  Mr. Biden (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Bradley, Mr. 
 Bryan, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Coats, Mr. Cochran, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Danforth, 
   Mr. DeConcini, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Dole, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. 
  Durenberger, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Ford, Mr. Glenn, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
Hatch, Mr. Heflin, Mr. Helms, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Jeffords, 
Mrs. Kassebaum, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
Mathews, Mr. Metzenbaum, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. 
 Murkowski, Ms. Murray, Mr. Packwood, Mr. Pell, Mr. Reid, Mr. Riegle, 
  Mr. Robb, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Roth, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Sasser, Mr. 
   Simon, Mr. Specter, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Wellstone) 
  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, 1994, as ``National Mammography Day''.

Whereas, according to the American Cancer Society, 182,000 women will be 
        diagnosed with breast cancer in 1994, and 46,000 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 500,000 
        deaths;
Whereas the risk of breast cancer increases with age, with 50 percent of the 
        breast cancer cases occurring in women over age 65;
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, 1994, 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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