Volume 79
Public Law 89–294
To authorize the President to proclaim the week beginning October 25, 1965, as National Parkinson Week.
Approved October 23, 1965
Statutory text
JOINT RESOLUTION
To authorize the President to proclaim the week beginning October 25, 1965, as National Parkinson Week.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the President of the United States is authorized and requested to issue annually a proclamation designating the week beginning October 25, 1965, as National Parkinson Week and inviting the Governors of the several States to issue similar proclamations. It is requested that such proclamation invite the medical profession, the press, and all agencies and individuals interested in a national program for the control of Parkinson’s disease to unite during such week in public dedication to such a program and in a concerted effort to impress upon the people of the United States the necessity for such a program.
Approved October 23, 1965.