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Proc 10360ProclamationBiden · DCeremonial

Proclamation 10360

National Donate Life Month, 2022

President Biden proclaimed April 2022 as National Donate Life Month to encourage Americans to become organ, eye, tissue, marrow, and blood donors. The proclamation highlights record transplant numbers, persistent donor shortages, disparities in waitlist demographics, and directs Americans to federal websites for donor registration.

Federal Register Open PDF 87 FR 19587

Impact dates

  1. National Pediatric Transplant Week begins

  2. National Donate Life Month begins

Key directives

  • Proclaim April 2022 as National Donate Life Month
  • Call upon Americans to become organ, eye, tissue, marrow, and blood donors
  • Encourage visiting organdonor.gov and bloodstemcell.hrsa.gov

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation takes effect upon signing; April 2022 designated as National Donate Life Month

Near term (90d)

  • National Pediatric Transplant Week observed April 24-30, 2022

Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • No binding policy directives; purely hortatory and awareness-raising
  • Health equity language present but without concrete programmatic commitments
  • Relies on voluntary action rather than structural intervention to address donor shortage
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