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Proc 10542ProclamationBiden · DCeremonial

Proclamation 10542

National Cancer Control Month, 2023

President Biden proclaimed April 2023 as National Cancer Control Month, calling on Americans to raise awareness about cancer prevention, screening, and treatment. The proclamation highlights administration initiatives including the Cancer Moonshot, ARPA-H funding, ACA expansion, Medicare drug cost caps, and FDA proposals to ban menthol cigarettes, but contains no binding policy directives or mandates.

Federal Register Open PDF 88 FR 20363

Impact dates

  1. National Cancer Control Month begins

Key directives

  • encourage citizens, government agencies, private businesses, nonprofit organizations, and other interested groups to join in activities that will increase awareness of what Americans can do to prevent, detect, treat, and control cancer

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation of April 2023 as National Cancer Control Month

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Proclamation references multiple existing policies (Cancer Moonshot, ARPA-H, ACA expansion, Inflation Reduction Act, PACT Act, FDA menthol rules) but these are descriptive of prior actions, not new directives; no new funding or authorities created by this document
  • Text urges action but uses non-binding 'encourage' language typical of ceremonial proclamations
Proclamation 10542: National Cancer Control Month, 2023 · Executive Orders