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 PUBLIC LAW 99-101—SEPT. 27, 1985

99 STAT. 469

Public Law 99-101 99th Congress Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning September 15, 1985, as "National Dental Hygiene Week".

Whereas dental hygienists, as licensed oral health professionals, have been actively involved in promoting oral health and preventing oral disease for more than 70 years; Whereas dental hygienists, as preventive specialists, contribute to the dental health of the American people and provide an essential service for their total health; Whereas dental hygienists voluntarily donate time and effort to provide dental education and preventive dental care services to groups with special needs, such as elderly persons, mentally or physically disabled persons, underprivileged persons, and children; and Whereas it is appropriate to honor the dental hygienists of the Nation and to encourage the people of the Nation to become familiar with and appreciative of the practice of dental hygiene: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the week beginning September 15, 1985, hereby is designated "National Dental Hygiene Week", and the President of the United States is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to celebrate such week with appropriate ceremonies and activities. Approved September 27, 1985.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 218 (S.J. Res. 149): CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 131 (1985): Sept. 19, considered and passed House and Senate.

Sept. 27, 1985 [H.J. Res. 218]

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