PUBLIC LAW 99-404—AUG. 27, 1986
100 STAT. 915
reduced utilization of other health services, and lessened social dep)endence; and Whereas recent and unparalleled growth in scientific knowledge about mental illness has generated the current emergence of a new threshold of opportunity for future research advances and fruitful application to specific clinical problems: 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 on October 5, 1986, is designated as "Mental Illness Awareness Week", and the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe such week with appropriate ceremonies and activities. Approved August 27, 1986.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 298: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 132 (1986): Apr. 22, considered and passed Senate. Aug. 13, considered and passed House.
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