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36 U.S.C. § 103 — Cancer Control Month

submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-225 to r/title-36-PATRIOTIC-AND-NATIONAL-OBSERVANCES-CEREMONIES-AND-ORGANIZATIONS · 128 words · no verdicts yet

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This section asks the President to declare April as Cancer Control Month each year and to invite state and territory leaders to do the same. It also asks doctors, the press, and others to unite in raising public awareness about fighting cancer.

(a) General. The President is asked to: (1) issue a yearly proclamation naming April as Cancer Control Month; and (2) invite the top elected officials of every U.S. state, territory, and possession to issue their own yearly proclamations naming April as Cancer Control Month. (b) Contents of Proclamations. As part of those proclamations, the top officials and the President are asked to invite doctors, the press, and anyone else interested in a national cancer-control program — through education and other joint efforts — to come together during Cancer Control Month in a public commitment to that program, and in a shared push to make Americans aware of the need for it.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a)General.—

The President is requested—

(1)

to issue each year a proclamation designating April as Cancer Control Month; and

(2)

to invite each year the chief executive officers of the States, territories, and possessions of the United States to issue proclamations designating April as Cancer Control Month.

(b)Contents of Proclamations.—

As part of those proclamations, the chief executive officers and President are requested to invite the medical profession, the press, and all agencies and individuals interested in a national program for the control of cancer by education and other cooperative means to unite during Cancer Control Month in a public dedication to the program and in a concerted effort to make the people of the United States aware of the need for the program.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1255.)

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  • 1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-225 · 112 Stat. 1255

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 105-225 on 1998-08-12.

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