Reading Room Document

Eligibility for Appointment to the President's Cancer Panel

In this brief memo, the OLC explained that the National Cancer Act of 1971 does not require that members of the president’s cancer panel hold United States citizenship. In response to a second inquiry, the OLC noted in addition that although not required, a private bill granting the proposed member in question dual Canadian-American citizenship would remedy any lingering doubts pertaining to eligibility.

January 11, 1974