Proc 9506ProclamationObama · DCeremonial

Proclamation 9506

Child Health Day, 2016

This proclamation designates October 3, 2016, as Child Health Day, calling on families, educators, health professionals, and organizations to promote children's health. It recites past administration priorities including the Let's Move! initiative, Affordable Care Act protections, the Cancer Moonshot Task Force, anti-bullying efforts, and climate change actions, but contains no binding policy directives or new mandates.

Impact dates

  1. Child Health Day observance

Key directives

  • Proclaim Monday, October 3, 2016, as Child Health Day

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation of Child Health Day for October 3, 2016

Near term (90d)

Long term

Risks & tensions

  • Document is purely commemorative with no enforcement mechanism; language about climate change and ACA reflects ongoing political debates but creates no new policy tension within the proclamation itself
Proclamation 9506: Child Health Day, 2016 · Executive Orders