[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 177 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

  1st Session
S. RES. 177

      To designate October 19, 1995, ``National Mammography Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 29 (legislative day, September 25), 1995

   Mr. Biden (for himself, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Cochran, Mr. 
Domenici, Mr. Akaka, Ms. Boxer, Mr. Bradley, Mr. Dole, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. 
Breaux, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Frist, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
   Gregg, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Dorgan, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. 
Feinstein, Mr. Glenn, Mr. Ford, Mr. Mack, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Roth, Mr. 
 Leahy, Mr. Smith, Mr. Snowe, Mr. Specter, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
 Stevens, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Moynihan, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
Pell, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Reid, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Simon, 
 Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. McCain, Mr. Kerry, Mrs. Kassebaum, 
Ms. Moseley-Braun, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Inouye, and Mr. DeWine) submitted 
 the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

             October 19 (legislative day, October 18), 1995

   Reported by Mr. Hatch, without amendment; considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
      To designate October 19, 1995, ``National Mammography Day''.

Whereas, according to the American Cancer Society, one hundred eighty-two 
        thousand women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 1995, 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 the women who get breast cancer have no family history of 
        the disease;
Whereas mammograms, when operated professionally at a certified 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 of up to two years 
        or more before regular clinical breast examination or breast self-
        examination (BSE), saving as many as one-third more lives: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate designate October 19, 1995 as ``National 
Mammography Day''. The Senate requests that the President issue a 
proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe 
such day with appropriate programs and activities.
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