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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1181 

Expressing support for designation of April as ‘‘National Donate Life Month’’ 

and expressing gratitude to all Americans who have registered to be 

organ and tissue donors. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 30, 2024 

Mr. COSTA (for himself, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. CORREA, and Mr. MURPHY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

Energy and Commerce 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for designation of April as ‘‘National 

Donate Life Month’’ and expressing gratitude to all 

Americans who have registered to be organ and tissue 

donors. 

Whereas, as of March 2024, 103,223 individuals were on the 

official waiting list managed for organ donation by the 

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

(42 U.S.C. 274), commonly referred to as the ‘‘national 

transplant waiting list’’; 

Whereas, in 2023, over 46,000 transplant procedures were 

performed with organs from over 16,000 deceased donors 

and over 9,400 living donors, yet on average, 17 people 

die each day while waiting for an organ donation; 


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Whereas over 169,000,000 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, on September 9, 2022, the United States reached 

the historic milestone of over 1,000,000 transplants performed, more than any other country in the world; 

Whereas, in 2023, a record was set for the number of deceased donor organ transplants performed in a single 

year, for the thirteenth consecutive year, and annual 

records were also set for the number of kidney, liver, 

heart, and lung transplants; 

Whereas transplantation is the therapy of choice, and frequently the only option, to ease patient suffering, restore 

patient health, and allow patients to lead more productive 

lives; 

Whereas modern medicine has progressed to allow exponentially more successful transplant surgeries to be performed; 

Whereas scientific breakthroughs in the field of living donations have allowed a living donor to donate a kidney or 

a portion of the liver to save the life of another individual; 

Whereas in addition to addressing public health concerns, 

there are also enormous financial savings to the United 

States health care system that can be realized by increasing organ donation and transplantation nationally; and 

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

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 


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1 (1) supports the designation, goals, and ideals 

2 of ‘‘National Donate Life Month’’; 

3 (2) expresses its support and gratitude to all 

4 Americans who have registered to be organ and tis5 sue donors; 

6 (3) acknowledges the grief of families who face 

7 the loss of loved ones and commends the families 

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

9 tissues of deceased family members; 

10 (4) recognizes the generous contribution made 

11 by each living individual who has donated an organ 

12 or tissue to save and enhance the life of another in13 dividual; 

14 (5) encourages those Americans who are not al15 ready donors to consider their organ, blood and tis16 sue donation options; 

17 (6) commends the medical professionals and 

18 organ donation and transplantation experts who 

19 have worked to improve the donation process to in20 crease the number of deceased and living donors and 

21 thus save more lives; 

22 (7) encourages States, localities, and territories 

23 of the United States to support the goals and ideals 

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1 mation to designate ‘‘National Donate Life Month’’; 

2 and 

3 (8) supports the many public events that will be 

4 conducted in April in every State to thank donors 

5 and donor families, to publicize the organ shortage, 

6 and to educate individuals on the benefits of becom7 ing an organ and tissue donor. 

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