[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 325 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 325

 Designating the month of September 2002 as ``National Prostate Cancer 
                           Awareness Month''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 12, 2002

   Mr. Sessions (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Crapo, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
 Murkowski, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Hagel, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
   Dorgan, Mr. Shelby, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Helms, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
DeWine, Mr. Miller, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Corzine, 
Mr. Craig, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Smith of Oregon, 
 Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Lieberman, 
   Mr. Ensign, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
   Breaux, Mr. Thurmond, and Mrs. Carnahan) submitted the following 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Designating the month of September 2002 as ``National Prostate Cancer 
                           Awareness Month''.

Whereas over 1,000,000 American families live with prostate cancer;
Whereas 1 American man in 6 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his 
        lifetime;
Whereas over the past decade prostate cancer has been the most commonly 
        diagnosed nonskin cancer and the second most common cancer killer of 
        American men;
Whereas 189,000 American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 30,200 
        American men will die of prostate cancer in 2002, according to American 
        Cancer Society estimates;
Whereas fully \1/4\ of new cases of prostate cancer occur in men during their 
        prime working years;
Whereas African-Americans have the highest incidence and mortality rates of 
        prostate cancer in the world;
Whereas screening by both digit rectal examination and prostate-specific antigen 
        blood test (PSA) can diagnose the disease in earlier and more treatable 
        stages and has reduced prostate cancer mortality;
Whereas the research pipeline promises further improvements in prostate cancer 
        prevention, early detection, and treatments; and
Whereas educating Americans, including health care providers, about prostate 
        cancer and early detection strategies is crucial to saving the lives of 
        men and preserving and protecting our families: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,That the Senate--
            (1) designates the month of September 2002 as ``National 
        Prostate Cancer Awareness Month'';
            (2) declares that the Federal Government has a 
        responsibility--
                    (A) to raise awareness about the importance of 
                screening methods and treatment of prostate cancer;
                    (B) to increase research funding that is 
                commensurate with the burden of the disease so that the 
                causes of, and improved methods for screening, 
                treating, and curing prostate cancer may be discovered; 
                and
                    (C) to continue to consider ways for improving 
                access to, and the quality of, health care services for 
                detecting and treating prostate cancer; and
            (3) requests the President to issue a proclamation calling 
        upon the people of the United States, interested groups, and 
        affected persons to promote awareness of prostate cancer, to 
        take an active role in the fight to end the devastating effects 
        of prostate cancer on individuals, their families, and the 
        economy, and to observe the month of September 2002 with 
        appropriate ceremonies and activities.
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