[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 62 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 62

  Proclaiming the month of January 1999 as ``National Cervical Health 
                                Month''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 16, 1999

  Mr. Mack (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Akaka, Mrs. 
 Boxer, Mr. Cleland, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Fitzgerald, 
Mr. Frist, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Hollings, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. 
Hutchinson, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. McConnell, Ms. 
Mikulski, Mr. Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Roth, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Smith 
 of Oregon, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Specter, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Thurmond, and Mr. 
Torricelli), submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Proclaiming the month of January 1999 as ``National Cervical Health 
                                Month''.

Whereas cervical cancer annually strikes approximately 15,000 American women;
Whereas cervical cancer strikes 1 out of 50 American women;
Whereas estimates show that physicians will diagnose more than 150,000 American 
        women with cervical cancer during the 1990's;
Whereas according to the National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology 
        and End Results Program, the 5-year survival rate of cervical cancer 
        victims is 91 percent when physicians detect the cancer at an early 
        stage;
Whereas cervical cancer is preventable, yet remains one of the leading causes of 
        death among American women;
Whereas according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and 
        Prevention, the mortality rate among American women with cervical cancer 
        declined between 1960 and 1997, yet recently began to rise;
Whereas cervical cancer survivors show tremendous courage and determination in 
        the face of adversity; and
Whereas it is important that the United States support individuals with cervical 
        cancer, as well as their families and loved ones, through public 
        awareness and education programs: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) proclaims the month of January 1999 as ``National 
        Cervical Health Month''; and
            (2) requests that the President issue a proclamation 
        calling upon the people of the United States to observe the 
        month with appropriate programs and activities.
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