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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 Jer-
sey, 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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gift of Life Congres-
sional Medal Act of 1993’’.
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(b) LIMITATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), only 1 medal may be awarded per family
under subsection (a).
(2) EXCEPTION.—In the case of a family in
which more than 1 member is an organ donor, the
Secretary of Health and Human Services may award
1 medal to each such organ donor.
SEC. 5. DUPLICATE MEDALS.
The Secretary of the Treasury may strike and sell
duplicates of the bronze medal described in section 2 to
any eligible individual (as determined under section 3)
under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe at
a price sufficient to cover the cost of duplicates.
SEC. 6. NATIONAL MEDALS.
The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national
medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United
States Code.
SEC. 7. GENERAL WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT REGULA-
TIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), no provision of law governing procurement or public
contracts shall be applicable to the procurement of goods
or services necessary for carrying out this Act.
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(b) EQUAL
EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY.—Sub-
section (a) shall not relieve any person entering into a con-
tract under the authority of this Act from complying with
any law relating to equal employment opportunity.
SEC. 8. SOLICITATION OF DONATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury is
authorized to enter into an agreement with the entity
which operates the Organ Procurement and Transplan-
tation Network established under section 372 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274). The agreement shall
meet the following requirements:
(1) The agreement shall provide for the solicita-
tion of donation of funds by the entity to offset the
expenditures relating to the issuance of the medals
authorized under section 2.
(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
all funds received by the entity under paragraph (1)
shall be promptly paid by the entity to the Sec-
retary.
(B) The entity may use not more than 5 per-
cent of funds received under paragraph (1) for ad-
ministrative costs.
(b) DEPOSIT IN COINAGE PROFIT FUND.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law—
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(1) all amounts received by the Secretary under
subsection (a)(2)(A) shall be deposited in the coin-
age profit fund;
(2) the Secretary shall charge such fund with
all expenditures relating to the issuance of the med-
als authorized under section 2; and
(3) not more than 5 percent of the amounts re-
ceived under subsection (a)(2)(A) may be used for
administrative costs.
(c) NO NET COST
TO
THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall take all ac-
tions necessary to ensure that the issuance of the medals
authorized under section 2 shall result in no net cost to
the Federal Government.
SEC. 9. ORGAN DEFINED.
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘organ’’ means
the human kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, and any
other human organ (other than corneas and eyes) specified
by the Secretary of Health and Human Services by regula-
tion.
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