[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3637 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3637

  To require the Secretary of the Treasury to include organ donation 
        information with individual income tax refund payments.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 22, 1993

  Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Darden, Mr. 
  Dellums, Mr. Frank of Massachetts, Mr. Pete Geren of Texas, and Mr. 
    Walsh) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of the Treasury to include organ donation 
        information with individual income tax refund payments.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Organ Donation Insert Card Act''.

SEC. 2. ORGAN DONATION INFORMATION INCLUDED WITH INCOME TAX REFUND 
              PAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall include with 
any payment of a refund of individual income tax made during the period 
beginning on February 1st of the first calendar year beginning more 
than 4 months after the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on 
June 30th of such year a copy of the document described in subsection 
(b).
    (b) Text of Document.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall, after 
consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and 
organizations promoting organ donation, prepare a document suitable for 
inclusion with individual income tax refund payments which--
            (1) encourages organ donation;
            (2) includes a detachable organ donor card; and
            (3) urges recipients to--
                    (A) sign and carry the organ donor card;
                    (B) discuss organ donation with family members and 
                tell family members about the recipient's desire to be 
                an organ donor if the occasion arises; and
                    (C) encourage family members to request or 
                authorize organ donation if the occasion arises.

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