HJRES 450 99th Congress House

A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating April 20 through April 26, 1986, as "National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week".

Introduced: November 12, 1985 See on congress.gov

Commemorations Donation of organs, tissues, etc.Special weeks

Everywhere this bill has been 17 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Dec 23, 1985

Became Public Law No: 99-203.

Dec 23, 1985

Signed by President.

Dec 17, 1985

Presented to President.

Dec 16, 1985

Measure Signed in Senate.

Dec 13, 1985

Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.

Dec 13, 1985

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.

Dec 12, 1985

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 474.

Dec 12, 1985

Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Thurmond without amendment. Without written report.

Dec 12, 1985

Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported in lieu of S.J.RES. 236 without amendment favorably.

Nov 19, 1985

Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Nov 14, 1985

Passed House by Voice Vote.

Nov 14, 1985

Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Voice Vote.

Nov 14, 1985

Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.

Nov 14, 1985

House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Nov 13, 1985

Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.

Nov 12, 1985

Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

Nov 12, 1985

Introduced in House

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Latest action December 23, 1985

Became Public Law No: 99-203.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizes and requests the President to designate April 20 through April 26, 1986, as National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 3

Census and Population Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 4

Durbin, Richard J.

Illinois · Nov 14, 1985

Hoyer, Steny H.

Maryland · Nov 12, 1985

Kaptur, Marcy

Ohio · Nov 12, 1985

Schumer, Charles E.

New York · Nov 12, 1985

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 450: A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating April 20 through April 26, 1986, as "National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week".. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HJRES-450/

MLA

"H.J. Res. 450: A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating April 20 through April 26, 1986, as "National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week".." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HJRES-450/.

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H.J. Res. 450, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HJRES-450/.

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