36 U.S.C. § 101
Section 101 · American Heart Month
This is the Olympic and Amateur Sports Act
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L. v. LG Electronics, Inc. (2018)
Most recently applied in Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L. v. LG Electronics, Inc. (January 2018)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating February as American Heart Month;
(2) inviting the chief executive officers of the States, territories, and possessions of the United States to issue proclamations designating February as American Heart Month; and
(3) urging the people of the United States to recognize the nationwide problem of heart and blood vessel diseases and to support all essential programs required to solve the problem.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 101 36:169b. Dec. 30, 1963, Pub. L. 88–254, 77 Stat. 843. In clause (2), the words “chief executive officers” are substituted for “Governors”, and the words “territories, and possessions” are substituted for “territories”, for clarity and consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.
Short Title of 1998 Amendment
Pub. L. 105–277, div. C, title I, §142(a), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–603, provided that: “This section [enacting section 220512 of this title, amending sections 220501, 220503 to 220506, 220509 to 220511, 220521 to 220524, and 220528 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 220501 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Olympic and Amateur Sports Act Amendments of 1998’.”