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HJRES 501 96th Congress Health

A joint resolution authorizing the President to proclaim September 8 of each year as "National Cancer Day".

Introduced: February 22, 1980 See on congress.gov
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 501: A joint resolution authorizing the President to proclaim September 8 of each year as "National Cancer Day".. 96th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HJRES-501/
MLA
"H.J. Res. 501: A joint resolution authorizing the President to proclaim September 8 of each year as "National Cancer Day".." 96th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HJRES-501/.
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H.J. Res. 501, 96th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HJRES-501/.
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[H.J. Res. 501: A joint resolution authorizing the President to proclaim September 8 of each year as "National Cancer Day".](https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HJRES-501/)
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