    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 128, 113th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    PROCLAMATION 9095--MAR. 31, 2014

    Proclamation 9095 of March 31, 2014

    National Donate Life Month, 2014

    By the President of the United States of America

    A Proclamation

    Each day, in quiet hospital rooms and busy offices, in familiar
    sanctuaries and family living rooms, people make the courageous decision
    to give the gift of life. After passing his first driving test, an
    elated teenager adds a lifesaving symbol to his license. While
    struggling to comprehend their own loss, grieving parents choose to help
    another child live. During National Donate Life Month, we celebrate
    those who provide vital organ, eye, and tissue donations, and we bring
    new hope to the growing list of men, women, and children who still need
    a donation.
    More than 120,000 Americans are now on the transplant list, and each
    day, 18 of them die waiting. The individuals in need of these donations
    are our moms, dads, brothers, sisters, children, and friends--someone
    important to us or someone else. I encourage all Americans to think
    about their loved ones and to consider becoming a donor. Discuss your
    decision with those close to you, and if you decide to donate, visit
    www.OrganDonor.gov and sign up in your State's donor registry.
    Every donor can save up to eight lives, and thanks to scientific
    advances, we have the potential to help even more people in need. Last
    year, I signed the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act, which allows scientists
    to research organ donation from one person with human immunodeficiency
    virus (HIV) to another. Ultimately, this law could save lives--
    permitting donations between people living with HIV and expanding
    opportunities for more Americans to participate in these life-saving
    efforts.
    As a Nation, let us shine a light on the power of donation. Let us lift
    up the friends and families of donors and remember those who ensured
    that in their death, others received life.
    NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, 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 2014 as National
    Donate Life Month. I call upon health care professionals, volunteers,
    educators, government agencies, faith-based and community groups, and
    private organizations to join forces to boost the number of organ and
    tissue donors throughout our Nation.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
    March, in the year of our Lord two thousand fourteen, and of

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    the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
    thirty-eighth.
    BARACK OBAMA