[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 164 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 164

     Designating October 19, 2001, as ``National Mammography Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 1, 2001

 Mr. Biden (for himself, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Allen, Mr. Bayh, 
  Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Byrd, Mr. 
 Campbell, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Carnahan, Mr. Carper, Mr. Cleland, Mrs. 
 Clinton, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Conrad, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Domenici, 
 Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Edwards, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Fitzgerald, 
 Mr. Frist, Mr. Graham, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Hatch, 
 Mr. Helms, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Hutchinson, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, 
 Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
Leahy, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Lugar, Ms. Mikulski, 
  Mr. Miller, Mr. Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. 
 Reid, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
 Specter, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Warner, and 
 Mr. Wellstone) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     Designating October 19, 2001, as ``National Mammography Day''.

Whereas according to the American Cancer Society, in 2001, 192,200 women will be 
        diagnosed with breast cancer and 40,600 women will die from this 
        disease;
Whereas it is estimated that about 2,000,000 women were diagnosed with breast 
        cancer in the 1990s, and that in nearly 500,000 of those cases, the 
        cancer resulted in death;
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 up to 63 percent; and
Whereas the 5-year survival rate for localized breast cancer is over 97 percent: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates October 19, 2001, as ``National Mammography 
        Day''; and
            (2) requests that the President issue a proclamation 
        calling upon the people of the United States to observe the day 
        with appropriate programs and activities.
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