IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 806 
Supporting the recognition of October 2025 as ‘‘National Breast Cancer 
Awareness Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 14, 2025 
Mr. CARTER of Georgia (for himself, Mr. MILLER of Ohio, Mr. DESAULNIER, 
Mr. MORELLE, and Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the recognition of October 2025 as ‘‘National 
Breast Cancer Awareness Month’’. 
Whereas October 2025 is ‘‘National Breast Cancer Aware-
ness Month’’, which is an annual observance increasing 
public awareness of breast cancer and promoting efforts 
to advance research and find a cure; 
Whereas, despite significant advances, 1 case of breast cancer 
is still diagnosed in the United States every 2 minutes; 
Whereas, in the United States, more than 319,000 new cases 
of breast cancer will be diagnosed in 2025, and nearly 
42,000 people will die of the disease; 
Whereas, through research, advocacy, and improved early de-
tection and treatment, the 5-year relative survival rate is 
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now over 99 percent for breast cancer diagnosed at a lo-
calized stage, but drops to 87 percent for regional stage 
and 32 percent for metastatic disease; 
Whereas the journey for many individuals is quite different, 
with more than 168,000 women and an unknown number 
of men living with metastatic breast cancer, a devastating 
stage of breast cancer which occurs when cancer spreads 
beyond the breast to other parts of the body, including 
the bones, lungs, liver, and brain; 
Whereas, currently, no cure exists for metastatic breast can-
cer, and many of those with metastatic breast cancer will 
continue treatment with the goal of extending the best 
quality of life possible; 
Whereas Black women are often diagnosed with breast cancer 
at later stages when treatments are limited and costly, 
and the prognosis is poor, and mortality rates are nearly 
38 percent higher than White women; 
Whereas breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed 
and the leading cause of cancer death in Hispanic 
women; 
Whereas breast cancer mortality has declined in every racial 
and ethnic group since 1990, except for American Indian 
and Alaska Native women, among whom rates have re-
mained stable; 
Whereas there has been a concerning rise in breast cancer di-
agnoses in young women (under the age of 50) in recent 
years; 
Whereas, breast cancer incidence in the United States in-
creased from 2012 to 2021, with a steeper increase 
among women younger than 50 years than in those 50 
or older; 
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Whereas young women diagnosed with breast cancer often 
face unique issues including early menopause, loss of fer-
tility, difficulty breastfeeding, overall higher stage of 
breast cancer at diagnosis, and more; 
Whereas the more than 4,000,000 breast cancer survivors, 
those living with the disease, and the people who love 
them can attest to the urgent need for access to timely, 
affordable health care, including screening, diagnosis, and 
treatment, and robust funding for cancer research; and 
Whereas policymakers are urged to address the issues im-
pacting the breast cancer community in the United 
States: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports 
the recognition of ‘‘National Breast Cancer Awareness 
Month’’. 
Æ 
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