A joint resolution to designate the period October 1, 1986, through September 30, 1987, as "National Institutes of Health Centennial Year".
PL 99-489 (S.J.Res.395), enacted 10/16/1986

PUBLIC LAW 99-489—OCT. 16, 1986 
100 STAT. 1233 
Public Law 99-489 
99th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
To designate the period October 1,1986, through September 30,1987, as "National 
Oct. 16,1986 
Institutes of Health Centennial Year". 
[S. 
J. Res. 395] 
Whereas the National Institutes of Health over the past 100 years, 
has grown from a one-room laboratory of hygiene within the 
Stapleton Marine Hospital on Staten Island, New York, to become 
one of the largest and most respected biomedical research centers 
in the world; 
Whereas the National Institutes of Health, as an agency of the 
Department of Health and Human Services, is the Nation's flag-
ship in mankind's continuing battle to conquer disease; 
Whereas the National Institutes of Health continuously contributes 
to the discovery of new knowledge that leads to longer lives and 
better health foi' all people; 
Whereas the National Institutes of Health provides national leader-
ship in a critical partnership of the Government, academic, and 
private sectors; 
Whereas the National Institutes of Health conducts research in its 
own laboratories, supports the research of non-Federal scientists 
in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and other public, pri-
vate, and voluntary research institutions throughout this country 
and abroad; 
Whereas the National Institutes of Health fosters training and 
career development of future research scientists, sponsors the 
enhancement of research resources, and promotes improvements 
in biomedical communications; 
Whereas the National Institutes of Health facilitates the assembly 
of United States and foreign biomedical scientists and promotes 
the exchange of scientists and scientific information between the 
United States and other countries; 
Whereas the National Institutes of Health supported the work of 60 
Nobel Prize winners before their selection as laureates; 
Whereas the National Institute of Health has contributed to the 
great strides of the past 100 years in the control and virtual 
worldwide elimination of epidemic diseases such as cholera, small-
pox, yellow fever, and bubonic plague, and the prevention in this 
country of childhood diseases such as diphtheria, polio, tetanus, 
and pertussis; 
Whereas the National Institutes of Health has stimulated bio-
medical research that has played a role in the 70-percent reduc-
tion in the death rate in the United States since 1900; 
Whereas the National Institutes of Health has pioneered new meth-
ods for the detection and treatment of diseases and has promoted 
their widespread dissemination into medical practice; 
Whereas grantees and scientists of the National Institutes of Health 
work at the forefront of biomedical technologies that open up new 
opportunities in medical research; 
100 STAT. 1234 
PUBLIC LAW 99-489—OCT. 16,1986 
Whereas the next 100 years will undoubtedly see the National 
Institutes of Health lead the world in ways of promoting health 
and preventing disease; 
Whereas the Congress of the United States has consistently sup-
ported the National Institutes of Health to maintain America's 
preeminence in medical research; and 
Whereas the Congress of the United States looks to the National 
Institutes of Health for progress in overcoming the diseases that 
afflict the people of this country: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the period of 
October 1, 1986, through September 30, X987, is designated as "Na-
tional Institutes of Health Centennial Year", and the President of 
the United States is authorized and requested to issue a proclama-
tion calling upon the people of the United States to observe such 
year with appropriate ceremonies and activities. 
Approved October 16, 1986. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 395: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 132 (1986): 
Sept. 24, considered and passed Senate. 
Oct. 10, considered and passed House.