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PUBLIC LAW 92-216-DEC. 22, 1971

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JOINT RESOLUTION

December 22, 1971

[s, J. Res. 184] President's Economic Report. 60 Stat. 24; 70 Stat. 289.

62 Stat. 16.

Extending the dates for transmission of the Economic Rejwrt and the report of the Joint Economic Committee.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of the Act of February 20, 1946, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1022), the President shall transmit to the Congress not later than February 15, 1972, the Economic Report; and (b) notwithstanding the provisions of clause (3) of section 5(b) of the Act of February 20, 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1024(b)), the Joint Economic Committee shall file its report on the President's Economic Report with the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than March 10, 1972. Approved December 22, 1971. Public Law 92-217

December 22, 1971

[s. J. Res. 186] 92nd Congress. Second session.

JOINT

RESOLUTION

r)^Q provide for the beginning of the second session of the Ninety-second Congress.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second regular session of the Ninety-second Congress shall begin at noon on Tuesday, January 18, 1972. Approved December 22, 1971. Public Law 92-218

December 23, 1971 [S.1828]

The National Cancer Act of 1971.

AN ACT To amend the Public Health Service Act so as to strengthen the National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health in order more effectively to carry out the national effort against cancer.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives United States of America in Congress assembled,

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SHORT TITLE

SECTION

1. This Act may be cited as "The National Cancer Act of

1971". F I N D I N G S A N D DECLARATION OF PURPOSE

SEC. 2. (a) The Congress finds and declares—• (1) that the incidence of cancer is increasing and cancer is the disease which is the major health concern of Americans today; (2) that new scientific leads, if comprehensively and energeti-

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