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 97 STAT. 400 PUBLIC LAW 98-69—AUG. 8, 1983 Public Law 98-69 98th Congress Joint Resolution Aug. 8, 1983 To designate the week of September 25, 1983, through October 1, 1983, as "National rgj jjgg Qrj-, Respiratory Therapy Week". Whereas respiratory therapy is recognized as a highly technological and progressive segment of the health care delivery system in the United States; Whereas there are over eighty thousand respiratory therapy practi- tioners in the Nation who are making an important contribution to the delivery of quality health care; Whereas respiratory therapy is an integral part of critical care and general medicine; Whereas respiratory therapists are involved with therapeutic and life-sustaining cardiopulmonary care to patients suffering from lung and associated heart disorders; and Whereas in recent years the field of respiratory therapy has expanded to include postoperative pulmonary care, education, research, pulmonary testing, pulmonary rehabilitation, and neonatal-pediatric specialties: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United National States of America in Congress assembled, That the week of Septem- ThSSf^eek ^^ 25, 1983, through October 1, 1983, is designated as "National Respiratory Therapy Week" and the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe the week with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. Approved August 8, 1983. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 67: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): May 4, considered and passed Senate. July 27, considered and passed House.

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