A resolution authorizing the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to conduct quarterly blood donation drives during the 119th Congress.

Bill: 119-sres-41
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2025-01-27
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases

Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Senate
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-27
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S387-388; text: CR S398-399)

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This resolution authorizes quarterly blood donation drives at the Senate&nbsp;during the 119th Congress.</p>

tv_txt: III 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 41 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 27, 2025 Mr. McConnell (for himself and Mr. Padilla ) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Authorizing the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to conduct quarterly blood donation drives during the 119th Congress.

1. Quarterly Senate blood donation drives (a) Authorization (1) In general During the 119th Congress, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate (referred to in this resolution as the Sergeant at Arms ) is authorized to conduct a blood donation drive once every quarter of a calendar year, in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). (2) Date selection The Sergeant at Arms shall, in consultation with the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, select the date for each drive conducted under paragraph (1). (3) Selection of locations and partnering blood donation organizations (A) In general The Sergeant at Arms shall identify and, with the approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, select a location and a partnering blood donation organization for each drive conducted under paragraph (1). (B) Member requests In identifying appropriate partnering blood donation organizations under subparagraph (A), the Sergeant at Arms may consider a request from a Senator for a specific blood donation organization. (b) Implementation Physical preparations for the conduct of, and the implementation of, each drive authorized under subsection (a)(1) shall be carried out in accordance with such conditions as the Sergeant at Arms, in consultation with the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, may prescribe.