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Proc 10168ProclamationBiden · DCeremonial

Proclamation 10168

National Donate Life Month, 2021

President Biden proclaimed April 2021 as National Donate Life Month, encouraging Americans to become organ, eye, tissue, marrow, and blood donors and directing them to federal websites for registration. The proclamation honors donors, families, and medical professionals while highlighting persistent disparities in transplant access, particularly for minority communities and children.

Federal Register Open PDF 86 FR 17681

Impact dates

  1. National Pediatric Transplant Week begins

  2. National Donate Life Month begins

Key directives

  • Proclaim April 2021 as National Donate Life Month
  • Encourage Americans to visit organdonor.gov for organ, eye, and tissue donation
  • Encourage Americans to visit bloodstemcell.hrsa.gov for marrow donation
  • Call upon every person to become organ, eye, tissue, marrow, and blood donors

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation takes effect for April 2021 observance

Near term (90d)

  • National Pediatric Transplant Week observance April 18-24, 2021

Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • No binding policy mandates; purely hortatory with no enforcement mechanism
  • Disparities in transplant access for minority groups noted but no structural interventions proposed
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