[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 353 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 353

     Designating October 20, 2000, as ``National Mammography Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 12, 2000

Mr. Biden (for himself, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Bayh, 
Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Cleland, 
  Mr. Conrad, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. 
   Feinstein, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Frist, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
Gramm, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Helms, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Jeffords, 
  Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Hollings, Ms. 
  Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. 
Lincoln, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Mack, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Miller, Mr. Murkowski, 
 Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reid, Mr. Robb, Mr. Roth, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Schumer, 
Mr. Smith of Oregon, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Specter, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Warner, 
Mr. Wellstone, and Mr. Hatch) submitted the following resolution; which 
             was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                           September 15, 2000

             Committee discharged; considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     Designating October 20, 2000, as ``National Mammography Day''.

Whereas according to the American Cancer Society, in 2000, 182,800 women will be 
        diagnosed with breast cancer and 40,800 women will die from this 
        disease;
Whereas in the decade of the 1990's, it is estimated that about 2,000,000 women 
        were 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 
        years having twice as much of a chance of developing the disease as a 
        woman at age 50 years;
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 safe screening and early detection of breast cancer in many 
        women;
Whereas experts agree that mammography is the best method of early detection of 
        breast cancer, and early detection is the key to saving lives;
Whereas mammograms can reveal the presence of small cancers up to 2 years or 
        more before a regular clinical breast examination or breast self-
        examination, reducing mortality by more than 30 percent; and
Whereas the 5-year survival rate for localized breast cancer is over 96 percent: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates October 20, 2000, as ``National Mammography 
        Day''; and
            (2) 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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