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S 636 105th Congress Senate Commemorations Awards, medals, prizes Coins and coinage Congress Congressional tributes Donation of organs, tissues, etc. Economics and Public Finance Families Gifts Government trust funds Health Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

Gift of Life Congressional Medal Act of 1997

Introduced: April 23, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Apr 23, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.
Apr 23, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3557-3558)
Apr 23, 1997
Introduced in Senate
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Gift of Life Congressional Medal Act of 1997 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to design and strike a bronze medal to commemorate organ donors and their families.

Makes any organ donor, or the family or family member of any organ donor, eligible for the medal.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to direct the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) to arrange for medal presentation to eligible individuals.

Declares the medals to be national medals.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into agreements with the OPTN to collect funds to offset expenditures relating to medal issuance.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit all solicited donations into the Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund.

What's happening now April 23, 1997

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2