[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 5, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 16711-16712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06945]


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                Proclamation 9583 of March 31, 2017

                
National Donate Life Month, 2017

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Every day, Americans sustain the miracle of life by 
                generously donating their organs and tissue to others 
                in need. During National Donate Life Month, we honor 
                the living and deceased donors who gave so others could 
                live, and celebrate the remarkable achievements of our 
                healthcare and science professionals who perform 
                transplants and create techniques to make the gift of 
                life possible.

                We also continue our efforts to raise awareness of the 
                life-saving potential Americans have as donors. The 
                Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network reports 
                that 33,606 transplants were performed during 2016, 
                which is an 8.5 percent increase from 2015.

                Still, additional donors are urgently needed. More than 
                118,000 people are currently waiting for organ 
                transplants, and thousands of our family members and 
                friends die each year waiting for matches. This month 
                we remind Americans that people of all ages and from 
                all walks of life can help save lives. Remarkably, one 
                organ donor can save up to eight lives. One tissue 
                donor can help 75 people heal. I encourage Americans 
                everywhere to learn about how they can participate in 
                the gift of life by becoming organ and tissue donors, 
                and the many other ways they can give to those in need.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim April 2017 as 
                National Donate Life Month. I call upon healthcare 
                professionals, volunteers, educators, government 
                agencies, faith-based and community groups, and private 
                organizations to help raise awareness of the urgent 
                need for organ and tissue donors throughout our Nation.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirty-first day of March, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                first.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2017-06945
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