Public Law 100–417

Joint Resolution

Designating May 1989 as “Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month”.

Whereas neurofibromatosis is a genetic disorder which causes tumors to grow in the human nervous system;

Whereas neurofibromatosis is the most common tumor-causing genetic disorder of the nervous system;

Whereas neurofibromatosis is a potentially debilitating disorder which strikes males and females of all races and ethnic groups;

Whereas neurofibromatosis can strike in any part of the nervous system, at any time;

Whereas the National Neurofibromatosis Foundation, Inc., is a voluntary health organization, with chapters across the Nation, which was established to serve people with neurofibromatosis and their families, to stimulate and support biomedical research on neurofibromatosis, and to increase public awareness of neurofibromatosis and its consequences;

Whereas the public and the Federal Government are not sufficiently aware of neurofibromatosis: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Approved August 22, 1988.