[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 222 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 222

     Designating October 17, 2003, as ``National Mammography Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 10, 2003

 Mr. Biden (for himself, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Allen, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Bingaman, 
Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Campbell, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
  Carper, Mr. Chambliss, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
 Craig, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. 
   Edwards, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
  Hollings, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
   Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
  Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Lugar, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Miller, Mrs. 
    Murray, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Reid, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
Sarbanes, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Smith, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Specter, Ms. Stabenow, 
  Mr. Talent, and Mr. Voinovich) submitted the following resolution; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     Designating October 17, 2003, as ``National Mammography Day''.

Whereas according to the American Cancer Society, in 2003, 211,300 women will be 
        diagnosed with breast cancer and 39,800 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 African-American women suffer a 30 percent greater mortality from breast 
        cancer than White women and more than a 100 percent greater mortality 
        from breast cancer than women from Hispanic, Asian, and American Indian 
        populations;
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 mammography is an excellent method for early detection of localized 
        breast cancer, which has a 5-year survival rate of more than 97 percent;
Whereas the National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society continue 
        to recommend periodic mammograms; and
Whereas the National Breast Cancer Coalition recommends that each woman and her 
        health care provider make an individual decision about mammography: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates October 17, 2003, 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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