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 PUBLIC LAW 100-126—OCT. 8, 1987

101 STAT. 799

the current Federal fiscal year as the National Institutes of Health Centennial year; Whereas America's medical research enterprise has produced 85 internationaly respected Nobel laureates in physiology, medicine, and chemistry and must continue to foster the interest and training of young scientists, medical practitioners, and other health professionals in research careers, as well as ensure the adequacy of the settings within which they will work; Whereas America's medical researchers are working at the forefront of biomedical technologies which create exciting new medical research opportunities that hold the best hope for unraveling the mysteries of cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, heart and lung diseases, mental illness, and the many other diseases and disorders which claim or severely impair the lives of millions of Americans; and Whereas the Congress of the United States acknowledges with pride the many accomplishments of America's medical research enterprise and confidently looks to it for continued progress in relieving human suffering and conquering the diseases and disorders that afflict the people of this country: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the day of October 1, 1987, is designated as "National Medical Research Day", and the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. Approved October 8, 1987.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 142: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 133 (1987): June 25, considered and passed Senate. Sept. 30, considered and passed House.

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