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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1012

To establish a congressional commemorative medal for organ donors and

their families.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 18, 1993

Mr. STARK (for himself, Mr. APPLEGATE, Mr. BARCIA, Mr. BARTLETT of

Maryland, Mr. BLACKWELL, Mr. BLILEY, Mr. BLUTE, Mr. BREWSTER,

Mr. BYRNE, Mr. COBLE, Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr.

FAZIO, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FINGERHUT, Mr. FROST, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr.

HAYES, Mr. HEFNER, Mr. JACOBS, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. KLINK, Mr.

KREIDLER, Mr. LEWIS of Florida, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey, Mr. POSHARD, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. WALSH, and Mr.

WYNN) introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the

Committees on Banking and Finance and Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To establish a congressional commemorative medal for organ

donors and their families.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gift of Life Congres5 sional Medal Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL.

2 The Secretary of the Treasury shall design and strike

3 a bronze medal with suitable emblems, devices, and in4 scriptions, to be determined by the Secretary, in com5 memoration of organ donors and their families.

6 SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Any organ donor, or the family

8 of any organ donor, shall be eligible for a bronze medal

9 referred to in section 2.

10 (b) DOCUMENTATION.—The Secretary of Health and

11 Human Services shall establish an application procedure

12 requiring an individual or family to submit to the Sec13 retary documentation to support the eligibility of the indi14 vidual or family under subsection (a). The Secretary shall

15 determine, through the documentation provided by the in16 dividual or family, and, if necessary, independent inves17 tigation, whether the individual or family meets the eligi18 bility requirements under such subsection.

19 SEC. 4. PRESENTATION.

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury

21 shall deliver to the Secretary of Health and Human Serv22 ices the medals struck pursuant to section 2 and such Sec23 retary shall arrange for the presentation of the medals to

24 eligible individuals through a qualified organ procurement

25 organization described in section 371(b)(1) of the Public

26 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 273(b)(1)).
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1 (b) LIMITATION.—

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para3 graph (2), only 1 medal may be awarded per family

4 under subsection (a).

5 (2) EXCEPTION.—In the case of a family in

6 which more than 1 member is an organ donor, the

7 Secretary of Health and Human Services may award

8 1 medal to each such organ donor.

9 SEC. 5. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

10 The Secretary of the Treasury may strike and sell

11 duplicates of the bronze medal described in section 2 to

12 any eligible individual (as determined under section 3)

13 under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe at

14 a price sufficient to cover the cost of duplicates.

15 SEC. 6. NATIONAL MEDALS.

16 The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national

17 medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United

18 States Code.

19 SEC. 7. GENERAL WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT REGULA20 TIONS.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection

22 (b), no provision of law governing procurement or public

23 contracts shall be applicable to the procurement of goods

24 or services necessary for carrying out this Act.
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1 (b) EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY.—Sub2 section (a) shall not relieve any person entering into a con3 tract under the authority of this Act from complying with

4 any law relating to equal employment opportunity.

5 SEC. 8. SOLICITATION OF DONATIONS.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury is

7 authorized to enter into an agreement with the entity

8 which operates the Organ Procurement and Transplan9 tation Network established under section 372 of the Public

10 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274). The agreement shall

11 meet the following requirements:

12 (1) The agreement shall provide for the solicita13 tion of donation of funds by the entity to offset the

14 expenditures relating to the issuance of the medals

15 authorized under section 2.

16 (2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B),

17 all funds received by the entity under paragraph (1)

18 shall be promptly paid by the entity to the Sec19 retary.

20 (B) The entity may use not more than 5 per21 cent of funds received under paragraph (1) for ad22 ministrative costs.

23 (b) DEPOSIT IN COINAGE PROFIT FUND.—Notwith24 standing any other provision of law—
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1 (1) all amounts received by the Secretary under

2 subsection (a)(2)(A) shall be deposited in the coin3 age profit fund;

4 (2) the Secretary shall charge such fund with

5 all expenditures relating to the issuance of the med6 als authorized under section 2; and

7 (3) not more than 5 percent of the amounts re8 ceived under subsection (a)(2)(A) may be used for

9 administrative costs.

10 (c) NO NET COST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERN11 MENT.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall take all ac12 tions necessary to ensure that the issuance of the medals

13 authorized under section 2 shall result in no net cost to

14 the Federal Government.

15 SEC. 9. ORGAN DEFINED.

16 For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘organ’’ means

17 the human kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, and any

18 other human organ (other than corneas and eyes) specified

19 by the Secretary of Health and Human Services by regula20 tion.

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