,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bidd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ba1 
#bjai,ms4 ,mc,sally 7for herself1 ,mrs4 
,shaheen1 ,mrs4 ,blackburn1 ,ms4        
,harris1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,ms4        
,sinema1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,mrs4 ,capito1   
,ms4 ,collins1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 and     
,mrs4 ,hyde-,smith7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title   
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 to include  
digital breast tomosynthesis as a       
primary and preventative health care    
service under the military health system
 and the ,,tricare program4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,better and ,robust ,screening ,today   
,act or the ,,brst ,act4  #b4 ,findings 
,congress finds the following3  7#a7 ,a 
woman born today has a one in eight     
chance of being diagnosed with breast   
cancer at some time during her life4    
7#b7 ,breast cancer is the most commonly

 diagnosed cancer and the second leading
 cause of cancer death among women4     
7#c7 ,death rates from breast cancer in 
the ,united ,states have dropped #dj    
percent between #aihi and #bjag which   
translates to #cge1ijj deaths avoided   
during those #bh years4  7#d7 ,the      
decline in breast cancer death rates has
 been attributed to improvements in     
treatment and early detection and       
screening4  7#e7 ,when breast cancer is 
detected in an early and localized      
stage1 the five-year survival rate is   
#ii percent1 further demonstrating why  
proper screening is essential4  7#f7    
,conventional mammography and digital   
mammography are known to be less        
effective in the breast cancer screening
 process for all women1 including those 
with dense breast tissue1 than digital  
breast tomosynthesis screening4  7#g7   
,the ,medicare program under title      
,,xviii of the ,social ,security ,act   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acie et seq47 and the   
,veterans ,health ,administration cover 

digital breast tomosynthesis mammography
 screenings4  7#h7 ,the ,,tricare       
program 7as defined in section #ajgb7g7 
of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code7    
does not currently cover digital breast 
tomosynthesis mammography screenings4   
#c4 ,improvement to breast cancer       
screening under the ,,tricare program   
,section #ajgd;d7b77#b7 of title #aj1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
inserting before the period at the end  
the following3 1 including through the  
use of digital breast tomosynthesis4