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Proc 8446ProclamationObama · DCeremonial

Proclamation 8446

National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, 2009

President Obama proclaims November 2009 as National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, calling on Americans to observe it with programs and activities. The proclamation describes Alzheimer's disease, honors caregivers, and references embryonic stem cell research through a previously signed Executive Order, but contains no new policy directives, funding mechanisms, or agency mandates.

Federal Register Open PDF 74 FR 57229

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation takes effect upon signing; November 2009 designated as awareness month

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Proclamation references embryonic stem cell research, a politically contested issue, but this is descriptive of prior action, not a new directive; no substantive policy tension created by this document itself
Proclamation 8446: National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, 2009 · Executive Orders