    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 133, 116th Congress, 1st Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Proclamation 9918 of August 30, 2019

    National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, 2019

    By the President of the United States of America

    A Proclamation

    During National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we recognize the brave
    young Americans who are courageously fighting cancer, and we pause to
    remember those we have lost to this horrible disease. We also reaffirm
    our Nation's commitment to developing cures for pediatric cancer, which
    inflicts terrible pain on children and causes tremendous anguish for
    parents and loved ones.
    Each year, more than 15,000 children and adolescents under the age of 19
    are diagnosed with cancer. Although cancer is the leading cause of post-
    infancy death among our Nation's young people, there is hope for those
    afflicted by this disease. In the last half century, the life expectancy
    of children and adolescents with cancer has greatly increased, with
    approximately 85 percent now living for at least 5 years after

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    being diagnosed. Building upon this progress, we continue our efforts to
    find effective and innovative medical procedures to treat and prevent
    all forms of cancer and to improve the quality of life for childhood
    cancer survivors.
    My Administration is committed to supporting our Nation's dedicated
    medical professionals, researchers, and innovators as they work to win
    the fight against childhood cancer. Last year, I signed into law the
    Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research (STAR)
    Act. This legislation will support research for childhood cancers,
    explore effective treatments, and help enhance the quality of long-term
    care for the tenacious young people who have finished treatment and
    entered into remission. I am also working with the Congress to invest
    $500 million over the next decade in cancer-related research. This
    funding will enable our Nation's best scientists and doctors to learn
    from every child with cancer, creating new opportunities to understand
    the unique causes of and best cures for childhood cancer.
    This month, we honor the more than 400,000 survivors of childhood and
    adolescent cancers in the United States. Their resilient spirit and
    immeasurable courage inspire us all. We also express our sincerest
    gratitude to those who work tirelessly to ensure that all children can
    live healthy, long, and productive lives.
    NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, 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 2019 as
    National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. I encourage all Americans to
    observe this month with appropriate programs and activities that raise
    awareness of the efforts to find a cure for childhood cancer.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
    August, in the year of our Lord two thousand nineteen, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
    fourth.
    DONALD J. TRUMP