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This is a Presidential proclamation (Proclamation 10892), a formal ceremonial statement issued by President Donald J. Trump on February 3, 2025. It designates February 2025 as “American Heart Month” and calls attention to heart disease. The President issues it in response to a standing request from Congress, made in a 1963 joint resolution (36 U.S.C. 101), for an annual proclamation on this topic.
In practical terms, it creates no new law, program, funding, or requirement, and sets no penalties or deadlines that anyone must meet. It formally labels February 2025 as American Heart Month and invites Americans to take part in National Wear Red Day on February 7, 2025. It also invites state governors, officials of Puerto Rico and other U.S. jurisdictions, and the public to join in recognizing the effort against heart disease. The document states that the Administration intends to work to save lives, lower health-care costs, address chronic disease, and investigate causes of conditions such as obesity, autoimmune disorders, infertility, and autism, but it describes these as goals rather than establishing any specific mechanism to carry them out.
No one is legally bound or required to do anything by this proclamation; participation in Wear Red Day and other recognition is voluntary. It is directed at the general public and at government officials—governors and officials of U.S. territories—whom it invites to take part. Its main effect is symbolic: raising public awareness of heart disease and its risk factors, such as obesity, high blood pressure and cholesterol, lack of exercise, excessive alcohol use, and smoking.