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Designates October 21, 2005, as National Mammography Day.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 154 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 154
Designating October 21, 2005, as ``National Mammography Day''.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 25, 2005
Mr. Biden (for himself, Mr. Allard, Mr. Allen, Mr. Bunning, Ms.
Cantwell, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Dorgan, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Isakson, Ms.
Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Santorum, and Mr. Wyden) submitted the
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
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RESOLUTION
Designating October 21, 2005, as ``National Mammography Day''.
Whereas according to the American Cancer Society, in 2005, 212,930 women will be
diagnosed with breast cancer and 40,410 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 rate from
breast cancer than White women and more than a 100 percent greater
mortality rate 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
having twice as much of a chance of developing the disease as a woman at
age 50;
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 21, 2005, as ``National Mammography
Day''; and
(2) encourages the people of the United States to observe
the day with appropriate programs and activities.
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Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5936-5937)
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5936)
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7540)
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7540)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S7540)
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S7540)
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