[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 201 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 201

 Designating the month of September 2003 as ``National Prostate Cancer 
                           Awareness Month''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 25 (legislative day, July 21), 2003

    Mr. Sessions (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
   Brownback, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
Lieberman, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Breaux, Mr. DeWine, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Craig, 
Mr. Miller, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Roberts, 
 Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Smith, Mr. Durbin, 
 Mr. Bunning, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Hagel, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Voinovich, 
 Mr. Edwards, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Schumer, Ms. 
 Landrieu, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Lautenberg, Ms. Stabenow, and Mrs. Clinton) 
 submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Designating the month of September 2003 as ``National Prostate Cancer 
                           Awareness Month''.

Whereas countless families in the United States have a family member living with 
        prostate cancer;
Whereas in the United States, 1 man in 6 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer 
        in his lifetime;
Whereas between 1993 and 2003, prostate cancer has been the most commonly 
        diagnosed nonskin cancer and the second most common cancer killer of men 
        in the United States;
Whereas the American Cancer Society estimates that in the United States, 220,900 
        men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 28,900 men will die of 
        prostate cancer in 2003;
Whereas 30 percent of new cases of prostate cancer occur in men under the age of 
        65;
Whereas in the United States, as the population ages, the occurrence of prostate 
        cancer will also increase;
Whereas African Americans suffer from a prostate cancer incidence rate that is 
        up to 60-percent higher than White males and are more than twice as 
        likely as White males to die of the disease;
Whereas in the United States, a man with 1 family member diagnosed with prostate 
        cancer has double the risk of developing prostate cancer, a man with 2 
        such family members has 5 times the risk, and a man with 3 such family 
        members has a 97-percent risk of developing the disease;
Whereas screening by both digital rectal examination (DRE) and prostate specific 
        antigen blood test (PSA) can diagnose the disease in earlier and more 
        treatable stages, thus reducing prostate cancer mortality;
Whereas developing research promises further improvements in prostate cancer 
        prevention, early detection, and treatment; and
Whereas educating the people of the United States, including health care 
        providers, about prostate cancer and early detection strategies is 
        crucial to saving the lives of men and preserving and protecting 
        families: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates the month of September 2003 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 the 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 screening, treatments, and a 
                cure for, 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 2003 with 
        appropriate ceremonies and activities.
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