Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-102

§138 Save Your Vision Week

Title 36 › Subtitle I — Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies › Part A — Observances and Ceremonies › CHAPTER 1 — PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES › § 138

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each year the President is asked to name the first week in March "Save Your Vision Week" and to invite governors and mayors to do the same. The President is also asked to invite the media, health professionals, and other vision groups to hold public events that show why good sight matters to people and the nation and to support programs that protect and improve eyesight.

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Title 36, §138

Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—

(1)designating the first week in March as Save Your Vision Week;

(2)inviting the governors and mayors of State and local governments to issue proclamations designating the first week in March as Save Your Vision Week;

(3)inviting the communications media, health care professions, and other agencies and individuals concerned with programs for the improvement of vision to unite during Save Your Vision Week in public activities to convince the people of the United States of the importance of vision to their welfare and the welfare of the United States; and

(4)urging the media, health care professions, and other agencies and individuals to support programs to improve and protect the vision of the people of the United States.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 13836:169a.Dec. 30, 1963, Pub. L. 88–242, 77 Stat. 629. In clause (3), the words “consider including in such proclamation” and “press, radio, television, and other” are omitted as unnecessary.

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Citation

36 U.S.C. § 138

Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102