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 PUBLIC LAW 100-13—MAR. 20, 1987 Public Law 100-13 100th Congress

101 STAT. 127

r Joint Resolution

To designate the week of April 5, 1987, through April 11, 1987, as "National Know Your Cholesterol Week".

Whereas heart attacks struck an estimated one million five hundred and seventy-six thousand Americans in 1986, a third of whom died immediately; Whereas scientific data indicates that effective measures to lower serum cholesterol may be capable of decreasing occurrences of heart disease; Whereas only 8 per centum of Americans know their cholesterol level; and Whereas an estimated two hundred and fifty thousand lives could be saved each year if Americans were tested for and took action to reduce high levels of cholesterol: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the week of April 5, 1987, through April 11, 1987, is designated as "National Know Your Cholesterol Week"; and the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the American public to observe such week with appropriate programs and activities. Approved March 20, 1987.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 65: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 133 (1987): Feb. 26, considered and passed Senate. Mar. 10, considered and passed House.

Mar. 20, 1987 [S.J. Res. 65]

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