105th Congress > Senate > Vote 5

Date: February 04, 1997

Result: 98-0 (Resolution Agreed to)

Clerk session vote number: 5

Vote Subject Matter: Social Welfare / Domestic Social Policy

Sponsor: SNOWE, Olympia Jean (R-ME)

Bill number: SRES47

Question: On the Resolution

Description: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the need for accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for women between the ages of 40 and 49.

Bill summary: Expresses the sense of the Senate that studies are needed to further determine the benefits of screening women between the ages of 40 and 49 through mammography and other emerging technologies and that the Senate urges the Advisory Panel for the National Cancer Institute to consider reissuing a specified guideline rescinded in 1993 and, until there is more definitive data, direct the public to consider guidelines issued by other organizations.

Bill titles: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the need for accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for women between the ages of 40 and 49.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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