HR 1251
108th Congress
House
Commemorations
Awards, medals, prizes
Coins and coinage
Congress
Congressional tributes
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Gifts
Government trust funds
Health
Health information systems
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Gift of Life Congressional Medal Act of 2003
Introduced: March 12, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 28, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
Mar 24, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Mar 12, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 12, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E438-439)
Mar 12, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Gift of Life Congressional Medal Act of 2003 - 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 of any organ donor, eligible for the medal.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to direct the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to arrange for medal presentation to eligible individuals.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
Committees of jurisdiction
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