36 U.S.C. § 103 : US Code - Section 103: Cancer Control Month

Search 36 U.S.C. § 103 : US Code - Section 103: Cancer Control Month

(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.