Presidential Documents

60867 

Federal Register 

Vol. 88, No. 171 

Wednesday, September 6, 2023 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 10610 of August 31, 2023 

National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, 2023 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

During National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we honor the extraordinary courage, strength, and optimism of the tens of thousands of families 

now fighting the leading cause of death by disease for children: cancer. 

We remember the bright lives cut short and recommit to ending cancer 

as we know it, for all those we have lost and all those we can save. 

Cancer is brutal no matter whom it strikes, but it is particularly cruel 

when it affects the youngest among us. When they should be learning 

in school and playing outside, children with cancer are oftentimes fighting 

for their lives in hospitals instead. A cancer diagnosis takes a tremendous 

toll on their family, friends, and community. Caregivers are often left struggling to deal with a flood of medical information, to make sense of treatment 

options, and to navigate mounting medical bills all while trying to stay 

hopeful and steal moments of joy with their loved ones. 

Over the past 50 years, cancer researchers have made major advances treating 

some types of pediatric cancer—but we have much more to do. Last year, 

the First Lady and I reignited the Cancer Moonshot, setting an ambitious 

new goal to cut America’s overall cancer death rate by at least half over 

the next 25 years, turn more cancers from death sentences into treatable 

diseases, and improve support for patients and families. As a first step, 

I worked with the Congress to establish the Advanced Research Projects 

Agency for Health, securing $2.5 billion in bipartisan funding to develop 

breakthroughs in preventing, diagnosing, and treating cancer and other deadly 

diseases and pioneering partnerships to get those breakthroughs out to patients and clinics across the Nation. We’re also making lifesaving health 

care more affordable for millions of American families, expanding health 

care coverage for families through Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, 

and helping millions of families save $800 per year on health insurance 

premiums. 

At the same time, the National Cancer Institute has developed a National 

Cancer Plan to speed up the development of effective cancer treatments, 

including those for children. The Institute’s Childhood Cancer Data Initiative 

is also providing free molecular testing of tumors, further helping my Administration implement the RACE for Children Act, to quickly identify and 

approve precision pediatric cancer drugs. Earlier this year, I was also proud 

to sign the Childhood Cancer STAR Reauthorization Act, boosting funding 

for childhood cancer research, including research into late effects of childhood cancer treatment and new ways to care for survivors. And as a part 

of the Cancer Moonshot, the National Cancer Institute launched the Childhood Cancer–Data Integration for Research, Education, Care, and Clinical 

Trials, a first-of-its-kind, public-private partnership that will help children, 

adolescents, and young adults with cancer and their families reach out 

for support, connect to excellent care, and obtain opportunities to participate 

in research. 

During National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we honor the absolute 

courage of the tens of thousands of children who fight cancer every day 

and all of the loved ones who support them. And we recognize the medical 


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professionals, researchers, companies, philanthropies, and academic institutions who search tirelessly for early detection methods, better and safer 

treatments and even cures. Together, we will create a cancer-free future 

for our kids. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States 

of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution 

and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 2023 

as National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. I encourage citizens, government agencies, private businesses, nonprofit organizations, the media, 

and other interested groups to increase awareness of what Americans can 

do to support the fight against childhood cancer. I encourage anyone experiencing uncertainty around risk factors or treatment options, or looking for 

other opportunities for support to connect with a trained specialist at 1– 

800–4–CANCER or visit www.cancer.gov. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day 

of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-three, and of 

the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 

forty-eighth. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19322 

Filed 9–5–23; 8:45 am] 

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