[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 295 Introduced in Senate (IS)]






104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 295

    To designate October 18, 1996, as ``National Mammography Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 18, 1996

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    To designate October 18, 1996, as ``National Mammography Day''.

Whereas, according to the American Cancer Society, 184,300 women will be 
        diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996, and 44,300 women will die from 
        this disease;
Whereas, in the decade of the 1990's, it is estimated that about 2,000,000 women 
        will be diagnosed with breast cancer, resulting in nearly 500,000 
        deaths;
Whereas the risk of breast cancer increases with age, with a woman at age 70 
        having twice as much of a chance of developing the disease than a woman 
        at age 50;
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 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 2 years or 
        more before regular clinical breast examination or breast self-
        examination (BSE), saving as many as 30 percent more lives: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate designates October 18, 1996, 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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