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 96 STAT. 1668

PUBLIC LAW 97-353—OCT. 19, 1982

Public Law 97-353 97th Congress Joint Resolution Oct. 19, 1982 [S.J. Res. 257]

National M^noT^

rj,^ designate the month of November 1982, as "National Diabetes Month".

Whereas diabetes kills more Americans than all other diseases except cancer and cardiovascular diseases; Whereas eleven million Americans suffer from diabetes and five million seven hundred thousand of such Americans are not aware of their illness; Whereas $9,700,000,000 annually are used for health care costs, disability payments, and premature mortality costs due to diabetes; Whereas up to 85 per centum of all cases of noninsulin-dependent diabetes may be preventable through greater public understanding, awareness, and education; and Whereas diabetes is a leading cause of blindness, kidney disease, heart disease, stroke, birth defects, and lower life expectancy, which complications may be reduced through greater patient and public understanding, awareness, and education: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the month of Novem^^^ 1982 is designated as "National Diabetes Month", and the President of the United States is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe that month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. Approved October 19, 1982.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 257: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982): Oct. 1, considered and passed Senate and House.

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