Gift of Life Congressional Medal Act of 1999
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 2, 1999)
Gift of Life Congressional Medal Act of 1999 - 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 (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 just happenedMar 18, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 2, 1999
- Mar 18, 1999CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
Domestic and International Monetary Policy Subcommittee - Mar 16, 1999CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Mar 2, 1999IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Mar 2, 1999IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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 2, 1999IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Financial Services Committee - Mar 2, 1999IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E317)
- Mar 2, 1999IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 2, 1999IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House