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. Pub. L. 105-225, 112 Stat. 1255.| HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES |
| Revised Section | 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.