[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 172 (Thursday, September 5, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 72289-72290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20126]


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                Proclamation 10799 of August 30, 2024

                
National Recovery Month, 2024

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                This month, we recognize the more than 21 million 
                Americans in recovery from substance use disorder. They 
                exemplify courage, hope, and resilience as they seek 
                new beginnings and help countless others find pathways 
                to healing. People in recovery serve in every sector of 
                society as business leaders, public servants, community 
                leaders, and more. During National Recovery Month, we 
                celebrate their contributions, and we honor the loved 
                ones who have supported them on their recovery 
                journeys. We also reaffirm our commitment to making 
                sure every American has the resources they need to 
                recover and thrive.

                Substance use disorder impacts Americans in communities 
                nationwide. Too many families have lost their children, 
                siblings, parents, and friends to substance misuse and 
                overdose. Every loss is a painful call to action. With 
                adequate support and resources, recovery is possible. 
                Our Nation is stronger when people in recovery do well.

                The main goal of my Administration's National Drug 
                Control Strategy is to save lives. My Administration is 
                taking steps to provide the resources needed to ensure 
                people can achieve and sustain recovery, no matter 
                where they are. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
                Services Administration opened the Office of Recovery 
                to improve community-based recovery services across the 
                country. And last year, we released the Recovery-Ready 
                Workplace Toolkit to help employers create a safe and 
                healthy work environment, reduce stigmatization of 
                people with substance use disorder and mental illness, 
                and promote treatment and recovery services.

                We are also disrupting the flow of illicit drugs across 
                our borders and into our neighborhoods; increasing 
                prevention efforts; and expanding access to treatment 
                for substance use disorder and mental health 
                conditions, overdose reversal medications, and recovery 
                services. Under my Administration, Federal law 
                enforcement agents are keeping more deadly drugs out of 
                our communities than ever before. Officials have 
                stopped more illicit fentanyl at ports of entry over 
                the last 2 fiscal years than in the previous 5 fiscal 
                years combined. The Department of Justice has 
                prosecuted thousands of drug traffickers, and the 
                Department of the Treasury has sanctioned more than 300 
                people and organizations involved in the global illicit 
                drug trade. And in July 2024, I issued a National 
                Security Memorandum that calls on all relevant Federal 
                departments and agencies to work collaboratively to do 
                even more to disrupt the supply of illicit drugs.

                We have expanded access to life-saving treatments, like 
                medications to treat opioid use disorder, and have 
                increased the number of health care providers who can 
                prescribe these medications by 15 times. In February 
                2024, the Department of Health and Human Services 
                issued a rule to comprehensively update the regulations 
                in governing Opioid Treatment Programs for the first 
                time in 20 years--removing barriers to the treatment of 
                substance use disorder and expanding access to care. My 
                Administration has made historic investments in the 
                State Opioid Response and Tribal Opioid Response 
                programs to improve prevention; expand treatment; and 
                deliver free, life-saving

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                medications across America. Already, this program has 
                delivered nearly 10 million kits of opioid overdose 
                reversal medications, such as naloxone.

                And I have proposed a Budget that includes $1.8 billion 
                for recovery, including over $200 million of Federal 
                Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery 
                Services Block Grant program funding for recovery 
                support services to help all Americans access health 
                care, no matter where they are in their recovery 
                process, as well as $22 billion to expand substance use 
                treatment and help more Americans achieve and stay in 
                recovery.

                During National Recovery Month, we support everyone in 
                their journey to and during recovery. We recommit to 
                helping them live long, successful, and healthy lives, 
                and we thank them for their contributions to our 
                country. And we continue to ensure that those battling 
                substance use disorder are supported.

                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 2024 
                as National Recovery Month. I call upon all citizens, 
                government agencies, private businesses, nonprofit 
                organizations, and other groups to take action to 
                promote recovery and improve the health of our Nation.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirtieth day of August, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                ninth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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