Title 36 — Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73not60
§138 Save Your Vision Week
Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle I— Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies › Part A— Observances and Ceremonies › Chapter 1— PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES › § 138
Summary
Each year the President is asked to proclaim the first week in March as Save Your Vision Week, and governors and mayors are invited to do the same. Media, health care groups, and others who work on eye health are asked to join public events that week to show why vision matters and to support programs that protect and improve Americans’ eyesight.
Full Legal Text
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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36 U.S.C. § 138
Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60