PUBLIC LAW 105-225—AUG. 12, 1998 112 STAT. 1255 the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau are requested to issue each year proclamations calling on the people of their respective jurisdictions, to observe Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. §103. Cancer Control Month (a) GENERAL. — The President is requested— (1) to issue each year a proclamation designating April as Cancer Control Month; and (2) to invite each year the chief executive officers of the States, territories, and possessions of the United States to issue proclamations designating April as Cancer Control Month. (b) CONTENTS OF PROCLAMATIONS.—As part of those proclamations, the chief executive officers and President are requested to invite the medical profession, the press, and all agencies and individuals interested in a national program for the control of cancer by education and other cooperative means to unite during Cancer Control Month in a public dedication to the program and in a concerted effort to make the people of the United States aware of the need for the program. § 104. Carl Gamer Federal Lands Cleanup Day (a) DESIGNATION. — The first Saturday after Labor Day is Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day. (b) PROCLAMATION. —The President shall issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe Carl Gamer Federal Lands Cleanup Day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. However, activities may be undertaken in individual States on a day other than the first Saturday after Labor Day if a manager of Federal land decides that an alternative date is more appropriate because of climatological or other factors. §105. Child Health Day The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation— (1) designating the first Monday in October as Child Health Day; and (2) inviting all agencies and organizations interested in child welfare to unite on Child Health Day in observing exercises that will make the people of the United States aware of the fundamental necessity of a year-round program to protect and develop the health of the children of the United States. § 106. Citizenship Day (a) DESIGNATION.— September 17 is Citizenship Day. (b) PURPOSE.— Citizenship Day commemorates the formation and signing on September 17, 1787, of the Constitution and recognizes all who, by coming of age or by naturalization, have become citizens. (c) PROCLAMATION. —The President may issue each year a proclamation calling on United States Government officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on Citizenship Day and inviting the people of the United States to observe Citizenship Day, in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies.
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