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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 827 
Expressing support for the designation of April 2018 as ‘‘National Donate 
Life Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 13, 2018 
Mr. CORREA (for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. ROS- 
LEHTINEN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. NADLER, Mr. COHEN, 
Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. MARINO, Mr. FOS-
TER, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. VISCLOSKY, and Ms. SA´NCHEZ) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of April 2018 as 
‘‘National Donate Life Month’’. 
Whereas, in April 2018, over 114,000 individuals were on the 
official waiting list managed for organ donation by the 
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (re-
ferred to in this preamble as the ‘‘national transplant 
waiting list’’); 
Whereas, in 2017, 34,770 transplant procedures were per-
formed with organs from 10,286 deceased donors and 
6,187 living donors, yet 6,081 candidates for transplan-
tation died while waiting for an organ transplant; 
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Whereas on average, 20 people die each day while waiting for 
an organ donation; 
Whereas over 138,000,000 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 2017, a record was set for the number of organ 
transplants performed in a single year, yet every 10 min-
utes, 1 person is added to the national transplant waiting 
list; 
Whereas an organ donation from a single deceased donor can 
benefit up to 8 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 Do-
nate Life Month’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of National 
Donate Life Month; 
(2) supports promoting awareness of organ do-
nation by increasing public awareness; 
(3) encourages States, localities, and territories 
of the United States to support the goals and ideals 
of National Donate Life Month by issuing a procla-
mation to designate ‘‘National Donate Life Month’’; 
(4) commends each individual who— 
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(A) is a registered organ donor who may 
have a positive impact on the life of another in-
dividual; or 
(B) indicates a wish to become an organ 
donor; 
(5) acknowledges the grief of families who face 
the loss of loved ones and commends the families 
who, in their grief, choose to donate the organs of 
deceased family members; 
(6) recognizes the generous contribution made 
by each living individual who has donated an organ 
to save the life of another individual; 
(7) acknowledges the advances in medical tech-
nology that have enabled organ transplantation with 
organs donated by living individuals to become a via-
ble treatment option for an increasing number of pa-
tients; 
(8) commends the medical professionals and 
organ transplantation experts who have worked to 
improve the process of living organ donation and in-
crease the number of living donors; and 
(9) salutes each individual who has helped to 
give the gift of life by supporting, promoting, and 
encouraging organ donation. 
Æ 
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