A joint resolution to designate the day of September 14, 1988, as "National Medical Research Day".
PL 100-434 (S.J.Res.328), enacted 09/16/1988

PUBLIC LAW 100-434—SEPT. 16, 1988 
102 STAT. 1643 
Public Law 100-434 
100th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
To designate the day of September 14, 1988, as "National Medical Research Day". 
Whereas America's medical research enterprise has been, and will 
continue to be, the acknowledged world leader in promoting 
health and preventing disease and disability; 
Whereas medical research (defined for purposes of this Joint Resolu-
tion as biomedical, behavioral, and related research) continuously 
contributes to the discovery of new knowledge that will lead to the 
improved health and well-being of Americans and of all human-
kind; 
Whereas America's medical research enterprise continues to pio-
neer breakthroughs in the detection and treatment of diseases 
and promote the widespread application of these methods and 
technologies to medical practice; 
Whereas medical research has significantly contributed to bringing 
America's death rate to an all-time low and its life expectancy 
rates to all-time highs; 
Whereas America's medical research enterprise has contributed 
enormously to the control and virtual worldwide eradication of 
epidemic diseases such as cholera, smallpox, yellow fever, and 
bubonic plague, and the prevention in this country of childhood 
diseases such as diphtheria, polio, tetanus, and pertussis; 
Whereas medical research has successfully produced effective vac-
cines now widely used to combat measles, mumps, rubella, men-
ingitis, pneumonia, influenza, rabies, upper respiratory diseases, 
and hepatitis B; 
Whereas America's financial investment in medical research has 
consistently been rewarded with positive returns as measured by 
reduced morbidity, and improved individual productivity and 
health status; 
Whereas the" products and by-products of medical research contrib-
ute significantly to the health of America's overall economy and 
its ability to compete successfully in international commerce and 
trade; 
Whereas medical research in this country has fostered a productive 
and ongoing positive public and private sector partnership among 
government, academia, industry, and voluntary organizations in 
the pursuit of research excellence and discovery; 
Whereas the Congress of the United States has consistently dem-
onstrated a Federal financial commitment to maintaining Ameri-
ca's preeminence in medical research through support of such 
agencies as the National Institutes of Health, the Alcohol, Drug 
Abuse and Mental Health Administration, the Centers for Disease 
Control, and the Veterans' Administration; 
Whereas 1987 was formally recognized by the Congress aind the 
President of the United States as the National Institutes of 
Health centennial year, commemorating 100 years of Federal 
support for medical research; 
Sept. 16, 1988 
[S.J. Res. 328] 
102 STAT. 1644 
PUBLIC LAW 100-434—SEPT. 16, 1988 
Whereas America's medical research enterprise has produced 85 
internationally respected Nobel laureates in physiology, medicine, 
and chemistry and must continue to foster the interest and train-
ing of young scientists, medical practitioners, and other health 
professionals in research careers, as well as ensure the adequacy 
of the settings within which they will work; 
Whereas America's medical researchers are working at the fore-
front of biomedical technologies which create exciting new medi-
cal research opportunities that hold the best hope for unraveling 
the mysteries of cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, 
epilepsy, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, heart and lung diseases, 
mental illness, and the many other diseases and disorders which 
claim or severely impair the lives of millions of Americans; and 
Whereas the Congress of the United States acknowledges with pride 
the many accomplishments of America's medical research enter-
prise and confidently looks to it for continued progress in reliev-
ing human suffering and conquering the diseases and disorders 
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 day of 
September 14, 1988, is designated as "National Medical Research 
Day", and the President is authorized and requested to issue a 
proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe 
such day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. 
Approved September 16, 1988. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S 
J. Res. 328: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 134 (1988): 
July 26, considered and passed Senate. 
Sept. 14, considered and passed House.