36 USC § 103 - Cancer Control Month

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title: "36 USC § 103 - Cancer Control Month"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "103"
section_name: "Cancer Control Month"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Observances and Ceremonies"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1255.)"
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# § 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.

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

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 103 | 36:150. | Mar. 28, 1938, ch. 56, 52 Stat. 148. |

In subsection (a)(2), the words “chief executive officers” are substituted for “Governors” for clarity and consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.