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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 162 

Supporting the designation of April 2019 as ‘‘National Donate Life Month’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 11, 2019 

Ms. WARREN (for herself and Ms. COLLINS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

and Pensions 

MAY 6, 2019 

Committee discharged; considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the designation of April 2019 as ‘‘National 

Donate Life Month’’. 

Whereas, in April 2019, more than 113,000 individuals were 

on the official waiting list for organ donation managed by 

the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network established under section 372 of the Public Health Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 274) (referred to in this preamble as the 

‘‘national transplant waiting list’’); 

Whereas, in 2018, 36,529 transplant procedures were performed in the United States with organs from 10,721 deceased donors and 6,841 living donors, yet on average, 

20 people die each day while waiting for an organ donation; 


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Whereas more than 150,000,000 people in the United States 

are registered to be organ and tissue donors, yet the demand for donated organs outweighs the supply of organs 

made available each day; 

Whereas, in 2018, a record was set for the number of organ 

transplants performed in a single year, for the sixth consecutive year, yet every 10 minutes, 1 person is added to 

the national transplant waiting list; 

Whereas organ donation from a single deceased donor can 

benefit up to 8 individuals, and tissue donation from a 

single deceased donor can benefit an additional 75 individuals; 

Whereas a living donor can donate a kidney or a portion of 

a lung or the liver to save the life of another individual; 

and 

Whereas April is traditionally recognized as ‘‘National Donate Life Month’’: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) supports the designation of April 2019 as 

3 ‘‘National Donate Life Month’’; 

4 (2) supports the goals and ideals of National 

5 Donate Life Month; 

6 (3) supports promoting awareness of organ and 

7 tissue donation by increasing public awareness; 

8 (4) encourages States, localities, and territories 

9 of the United States to support the goals and ideals 

10 of National Donate Life Month by issuing a proclaVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:18 May 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR162.ATS SR162

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1 mation to designate April as ‘‘National Donate Life 

2 Month’’; 

3 (5) commends each individual who— 

4 (A) is a registered organ donor who may 

5 have a positive effect on the life of another indi6 vidual; or 

7 (B) indicates a wish to become an organ 

8 and tissue donor; 

9 (6) acknowledges the grief of families who face 

10 the loss of loved ones and commends the families 

11 who, in their grief, choose to donate the organs and 

12 tissues of deceased family members; 

13 (7) recognizes the generous contribution made 

14 by each living individual who has donated an organ 

15 or tissue to save and enhance the life of another in16 dividual; 

17 (8) acknowledges the advances in medical tech18 nology that have enabled organ transplantation with 

19 organs donated by living individuals to become a via20 ble treatment option for an increasing number of pa21 tients; 

22 (9) commends the medical professionals and 

23 organ donation and transplantation experts who 

24 have worked to improve organ donation of deceased 

25 and living individuals and to increase the number of 


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1 deceased and living donors, thus saving more lives; 

2 and 

3 (10) salutes each individual who has helped to 

4 give the gift of life by supporting, promoting, and 

5 encouraging organ and tissue donation. 

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