[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1281 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1281

     To update the blood donation public awareness campaign of the 
Department of Health and Human Services to include public awareness on 
                            plasma donation.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 21, 2021

  Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Wicker) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
     To update the blood donation public awareness campaign of the 
Department of Health and Human Services to include public awareness on 
                            plasma donation.

    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 ``Plasma Donation Awareness Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPORTANCE OF THE BLOOD AND PLASMA SUPPLY.

    (a) In General.--Section 3226 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) 
is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``and plasma'' 
        after ``blood''; and
            (2) by inserting ``and plasma'' after ``blood'' each time 
        such term appears.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section 3226 in the 
table of contents in section 2 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is 
amended to read as follows:

``Sec. 3226. Importance of the blood and plasma supply.''.
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